1997 Cabs

[winoweenie]

Well, one more time the Expetorant is killin` a super vintage. Buckster looks like we made the call a month or so before Mr. Laube. Had a marvelous tasting at our fav wine shop of some of the heavy hitters last week and looks like the original call I made on the barrel samples was close. I Personally don`t think the 97`s are better than the 94`s. But as wrong as I was on the 2nd call could be wrong on this`un. The depth, concentration, and massive fruit seem to be a tad behind the 94`s. Could be it`s because of the estra 3 yars in bottle. Howm-so-ever, these wines are absolutely the peers of my other favorite wines of the century. Put down as many of these beauties as the ole` budget can stand. In 10 yars, you`ll look like a Einstein. winoweenie And addressing the large crop, the 78 was the largest crop (at the time) in Calif history and most of the wine critics dissmissed it on volume. Yhey were stuffed in the terlit with their crappy palates.

[This message has been edited by winoweenie (edited 10-23-2000).]