Duckhorn lunch today at our

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Had a great time. Margaret and I opened the Merlot first and were pleasantly surprised first by the color a nice brite ruby and secondly by the nose of crushed violets, sweet cinnamon and muted red fruit. All came over on the palate and was amazingly alive and kicking for a 14 year old Napa merlot. The Cabernet gave even more as we supposed it would. This strong vintage wasn't wasted at Ducksie and this was one lovely aged cab. Margaret came back for 2nds and both dissapeared before the lunch/tasting began. I'll do a write-up on the wines poured this PM for, as usual, the weener forgot to write down the vintages.WW