Attempted to finish the rest of this Coravin'd bottle. Decanted, aerated, swirled, coaxed, massaged, heavy-petted, counseled, read a goodnight sorry to, given a Millennial honorable mention trophy,…
Coravin pour. Similar notes as last year. Some really nice black cherry and bitter chocolate notes initially, but this teenager is still working itself out. A lot of bitter sediment came to the…
Similar to previous notes. This came off as a little clunky and funky this time around. It was a PnP and in need of more air to clear out some of the dark mulch funk. Otherwise, this was chalk full…
This was the second of two bottles. The first was flawed. This bottle was opened two days ago, corked, and allowed to sit upright for 2 days. This was the most finessed I've experienced this wine.…
No pop sound or apparent release of pressure on PnP. Crystallized cork bottom. Some sediment. Immediate funk smell. Taste was overly Port-like and reduced. Stewed prune and fertilizer.
Love this wine! And since I'm the only one on the planet apparently posting notes on Herold's big Cabs, I'll simply say that all of my previous notes apply. It has an awesome chocolate covered black…
Same as previous notes. Developing a nice overall finesse, while still maintaining a profile driven by awesome depth and power. Decanted at 54 degrees for a total of two hours, which broadened the…
Holding steady at 95-96 points. Previous tasting notes from a few months ago still apply. Three hours of air in a decanter at 54 degrees smoothed out the overall texture of the wine very nicely.
Neck and neck with the 2013 Coombsville. Previous notes on this wine apply. Blackberry, blueberry, creosote, dark cacao, raspberry and blueberry liqueur, red and black currant, and vanilla bean. Not…
The 2013 Coombsville and Stagecoach were a straight tie for me this time around. Exact same notes of blackberry, black currant, black raspberry, black licorice, dark cacao, freshly turned mulch,…
Same as my notes from 2/12/2016. Blackberry, black raspberry, black and red currant, purple berry, and red and black licorice. The best of the Uproars, but still straightforward and simple.…
An ok wine given its price-point, but nothing to write home about. Spend the extra dough and focus on the Mark Herold namesake Brown Label Cabernets (and more elevated Cabernets from this lineup).…
Same as my notes from 4/15/2016 and 12/2/2015. Forget this wine. It is barely worth talking about. It is not a true expression of Napa Cabernet in any vintage, even in 2011.
Exact same notes as 3/25/2016 and 4/15/2016. Dark chocolate notes of fairly intense deep blackberry, black currant, mocha, and vanilla bean. By comparison, lacked a little complexity, but had a nice…
I'll defer to all of my previous tasting notes on this. A good wine, showing continued integration each time I revisit it (compared to my previous CT notes); somewhat simplistic, but very satisfying…
Still not my thing. This was used simply to juxtapose the 2012 and 2013 Brown Labels...and juxtapose it did. Not even in the same ballpark as the other two vintages, with its distracting vegetal…
Same as my notes from 4/15/2016 and 3/25/2016. Powerful and youthfully dark, gravely berry fruit. Cool berry notes (but not as cool as the 2012); blackberry, black currant, black licorice, charcoal,…
Similar to my notes from 4/15/2016. A cool feel about it (more so than the 2013), with dark berries, black licorice, cold river rock, and obsidian. Came off a little more cerebral than the 2013,…
