I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday weekend. After the holiday weekend, and with the biting chill, it has been a quiet Monday, but that has not stopped us from opening amazing wines. We kicked off December with a strike of three powerhouse California Cabernet Sauvignons. We started with the 2002 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon– ‘Go Big or Go Home right?’ Fully loaded with Maraschino cherry liquor and lush purple floral on the nose, the palate is like biting into an intense blackberry pie. Powerful now with ripe blackberry, black cherry fruit, cassis, and rich baking spices; the pepper and espresso notes have softened in this elegant vintage for Colgin.
Next we opened the 99 pointer 2012 Bevan Cellars ‘EE’ Proprietary Red Blend. Cabernet Sauvignon has dominance with Cabernet Franc adding aromatics, red fruit, and smoke. This big boy was the most translucent in color-intensity of our Monday Trio, but still packed a great delicious punch, with more Bing cherry, red currant, and sweet BBQ spice, than the 2002 Herb Lamb Colgin; the 2012 Bevan ‘EE’ also had the rich cobbler-like sweetness that Colgin always delivers.
Lastly we opened the 2009 Robert Foley Vineyards Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, which was the smoothest and sweetest of the three. This wine was round and supple in texture but with great dense flavors of candied red and black cherry, rich chocolate, potpourri-like floral notes. The sweet mocha and vivacious spice was what I loved most about this Howell Mountain Cab. A great wine to finish off a slower Monday evening; and an absolutely stunning beast to pre-game with for Monday night football, the rich flavors, great structure, and long and powerful finish of this stunner was a great last bottle for a cold Monday night.
