'01 gallo sonoma barrelli creek alert!

[newsguy]

had a bottle of the '01 gallo barrelli creek cab saturday night as the first bottle of a beef & wine orgy at fogo de chao (a brazilian steakhouse). my friends paid for dinner and i brought the wines.

man, this wine is in a great place right now. still huge youthful fruit aromas and flavors, but softening acidity and tannin. wonderful mouthfeel and a very long finish. will continue to age and i'm sure mature fruit characteristics will be kicking in very soon, but it's going to be awfully hard to keep my hands off my last four bottles. solid 92 points (came very close to giving it 93).

[This message has been edited by newsguy (edited 03-09-2009).]