Staglin Family Cabernet Sauvignon Booth Bella Oaks
Tasted 5 April 2018
Napa Valley · Rutherford
Similar to my notes in February. Another Coravin pour. Allowed for 3 hours of air, which helped a smidge, but this wine still displayed as linear and somewhat flat. The fruit was muted and shut down. Less of a bite with…
Wonderful black currant and crunchy blackberry notes, with a bit of a hardened minerality streak that kept the delivery fairly linear and somewhat primary. There is definitely sophistication and…
Finished the bottle from multiple Coravin pours over the course of three months. The best showing of this wine, especially when given a couple of hours to air-out in the glass. A darker profile than…
Biting black cherry, red and black currant, and asphalt. A flat, stinging mid-palate wards off any real depth of flavor. Finish is completely clipped. After two hours of air in the glass, it showed…
