By:Ryan Tedder
As often happens in Texas, the weather on Sunday was night and warm with the temperature in the 80s. The following day, in the 40s with frigid winds and precipitation. 40 degrees in a day! WTH? When the warm weather goes away the Cali Cab comes out like a big wool sweater. Just by what was pulled we had quite the day of Cabernet Sauvignon! The day started with one of our best members and a bottle of 2002 Colgin Herm Lanb Cab! To my palate the best Herb Lamb of the 2000’s. Then we popped some ridiculous wines for some newer clinets. We opened and enjoyed the 2009 Robert Foley Howell Mountain Cab that was showing the best of any bottle to date. This is aging very well indeed. Then our first bottle of 2012 Bevan EE Proprietary Red from Oakville. This 99 Pointer was spectacular and incredibly smooth! Then one of our newer members had me pop 2 great bottles. The 2000 Chateau Potensac from the Medoc & 2009 Jack Quinn Rutherford Cab. the Potensac is classic left bank goodness and the Jack Quinn was opulent, aromatic and balanced. Next the 1997 Ridge Monte Bello Cab needed a solid decant, but blossomed with 30 minutes of air and showed excellently. We finished with a powerful bottle of 2001 Dalla Valle Cab and a wonderfully elegant and mature Magnum of 1996 Legacy Estate Red from Alexander Valley by Jordan. It was a great day of Cab indeed!
Happy Holidays from your friends at Graileys Fine Wines! Let us know if we can help with your holiday wine needs for yourself or that certain someone with a discriminating palate or whimsical need. Drink well my friends.