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Tasting notes/ Wine reviews
The 2013 vintage was a balmy one. As William Kelley said in Decanter, April 2017
“The vintage’s balmy conditions also offered almost unparalleled opportunities for intentional excess: winemakers could wait to harvest as long as they liked, exploring the extremes of ripeness in an attempt to tame the year’s intimidating tannins. After talk in the press about a movement to ‘rein in ripeness’—an idea inculcated by the limitations which the cool 2010 and 2011 vintages imposed on growers and winemakers—2012 and now 2013 are a resounding corrective; proof that the demise of high-octane Cabernet has been much exaggerated.
For now, the savoury complexity that distinguishes the 2013 vintage occludes many of the signatures of over-ripeness, but a surprising number of seemingly-successful wines began to reveal a pruney, raisined—even oxidative—character when they were re-tasted 36 hours after opening. This bodes ill for their evolution in bottle, and it is clear that the year’s extraordinary potential to create age-worthy wines which will gain nuance in the cellar was not universally realised.”
I have not tasted this wine but Spring Mountain always produce great wines. If you are after a classy USA Napa cabernet that does not cost an arm and a leg I think this wine is well worth a whirl!
£82.50
Limited stock availability
750ml
14.0 % alc vol
