Wine Doctrine
2013

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard

Tasted 7 November 2015 Napa Valley · Oakville

Similar to my CT notes on 08/21/15 and 09/18/15. Tasted with Mike Smith at Carter Cellars alongside the 2013 Carter Hossfeld Coliseum, Weitz, and 2013 Myriad GIII and Dr. Crane.

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20 June 2019 Coravin pour. Crunchy blackberry seed, black and red currant, river rock, purple plum skin, and gravel. Great tension; a bit grippy, but straddles a… 20 June 2018 Same as last year. Still needs some time. Purple and red berry fruit. Furry tannins that still require unraveling a bit more. I'd say after 2020+ is… 28 July 2017 Coming along nicely. Still fairly juvenile, carrying a youthful pop of acid and tannins (especially on PnP and for the first hour or so in the… 1 September 2016 I was going to wait on this, but I wanted to follow it over a couple of days. PnP was nice and vibrant, with red and black berry fruits. Not a lot of… 30 November 2015 Drank at Carter/Envy alongside the 2013 Carter Weitz, Coliseum, and Hossfeld Coliseum. Also had barrel samples of the 2015 Myriad Dr. Crane and 2015… 18 September 2015 Similar notes as last month, though this bottle seemed even more tightly wrapped and less forgiving at the moment. Black licorice and coiled up fruit… 21 August 2015 Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting.
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