Judging Young Cabs

[winoweenie]

WinoNan, All of the answers have merit, but Bucko`s IMHO hits the head of the nail. If you`ll read the beginning of the 92 cab thread, yhe reason I cellared this vintage was the extremely good balance most of the wines had. Balance can be femine with soft, supple fruit, a touch of acid and rounded tannins, or it can be bold, brawney fruit with high acids and tannins that make you pucker up. The 92 Corison was the former and the Dunn Howell Myn the latter. Both wines are gorgeous but in different ways. The 94 and 97 vintages are IMHO outstanding vintages for this reason. Too much fruit,low acid, flabby tannins, a fruit-bomb that explodes for a moment. Little fruit, low-acid, high tannins, the sucker never becomes drinkable. Hope this gives you some insight. winoweenie