A few cabs

[TheEngineer]

Had dinner with some friends and we opened up a few bottles. Since it was friends, notes were light

(1) 2007 Alpha Omega Proprietor's blend. A really nice 07, full, vibrant, great fruit and structure, comes from a few well known vineyards including stagecoach. Mostly Cab. Much much better effort nowadays than their initial releases but still tough to be too excited at the $85 price point.

(2) 2007 Anomaly, a new wine to me. Located near St. Helena right beside Beckstoffer and some other illustrious neigbhours. Good and interesting wine but lacked finish and length. Good potential at site but winery needs time to learn to use what it has.

(3) 1998 Heitz Bella Oaks, fully mature if somewhat past peak, lovely secondary and tertiary notes. Needs drinking soon. Purchased from winery

(4) 1996 Cain Five. Lovely wine. At its absolute peak and will need consuming, Lovely density of fruit, almost bordeaux like, with some tea and slight mushroomy hints but great balance overall. Vied for WOTN against on 02 Haut Brion.

[wondersofwine]

Yeah, I need to start seeking out or ordering from Cain Five (Macarthur Beverages in DC carried that brand in the past and may still do so.) I wonder if the winemaker will be at the Nantucket Wine Festival again this year.

[TheEngineer]

Cain Five is a great wine WoW, and it is interesting that if you put that against a Pontet Canet, I guarantee you that people will switch its origins 9 times out of 10. The Can Five is just so Bordeaux.

[winoweenie]

+1. WW