By: Ryan Tedder
First day back from Snowmagedon/Icepocalypse 2013 and of course the wine was flowing! This bottle is always one of my favorites and one of the hardest Robert Foley wines to come by. The 2009 Robert Foley Howell Mountain Cabernet is a bottling made in tiny quantities that normally gets sold only to the mailing list, and then by lottery only. 5 Barrels of this gem get made every year. You want to talk about a beautifully done, big lush Napa Cab. That distinctive chocolate, mocha Foley nose filled the room and set the stage for the saturated black cherry pie, cassis, blackberry, granite, and fresh violets. On the palate the velvety tannins were round, polished and ever-so-slightly grippy. Fudge, vanilla, coffee bean, and framboise came through on the palate and the wine taste so luxurious it is hard to believe. This is a whole nother level of Bob!
Speaking of stylish Bobs-what do you think of AJ’s new hair-do-we are calling it an Italian Bob. Or Vito Sassoon…