2002 Ladera Lone Canyon Vineyard

[Ladera Dan]

Engineer,
I got to re-taste that wine about a month ago while working the CO market. It has come around very nicely in the bottle, and I believe it is in a really good spot right now, but of course will only get better with more time. Last night we had a couple of bottles of the 98 Lone Canyon, which we never released, and it has held up great and is drinking quite well also right now and still has lots of age ability on it. Others we have tasted recently was a 83 Chat Gloria St Julien and a 92 Rubicon. Of those two I preferred the St Julien, though the Rubicon still had a lot of great tannin structure to it, so it was actually a harder decision than expected. Oh and we do have more 02 Lone Canyon here at the winery, but it will be hard to find out there in the retail market.