1980 Shown Winery Cabernet Sauvignon

[TheEngineer]

Like WW said,

This was an ephinany. I went out to dinner on thursday night with a friend and his SO and he brought along a couple of 1980 Napa Cabs. We opened up this one first.

I'm not had many aged napa cabs, let alone one that is coming on 30 years old.

On opening, it was a but muted, a bit austere, smokey, leaner, but firm and nicely structured. Dried fruits. So we decided to decant it. Five minutes of air and MAN this thing blossomed.

It gained in texture, becoming round smooth and then the fruit came back, ripe, dense, super smooth, fruit juice, black berries, cherries, wonderfully integrated. In another hour, it gained complexity, starting with some cinnamon, spiciness, but still a wonderfully smooth round wine (13.5% ABV). 3 hours into the dinner (and it was still getting better), other naunces started coming. At the fourth hour, I could start to smell black tea.

I've never heard of this winery but a wine like this would just about stand up to anything I've every tried on the red side. Wow. it was an ephinany.

Anyone here know anything of this winery?