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...6 of us tasted 6 recent cabs costing over $50.
This was a difficult tasting - after changing in the glass, many tasted very similar.
6. 2010 Meyer Family Cellars Oakville $57 - 26pts (one first)
5. 2011 Joseph Phelps $70 - 24pts
4. 2011 Silver Oak Alexander Valley $70 - 23pts (one first) WS85
3. 2012 Robert & Rogers Louer Family $65 - 23pts (one first) WS92
2. 2012 Chimney Rock $60 - 16pts (2 firsts) WS87
1. 2012 Chateau Montelena $65 - 14pts (one first)
Note the score clusters - the top two, a big point gap, and then the next four (my #1 and #2 were the Chimney Rock and the Roberts & Rogers).
First, most of these can be found for up to 40% off the list price.
Second, they are young and would no doubt improve with some bottle age bringing out their fruit.
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My first guess is that they tasted alike because all you could taste was oak. Just a hunch.
I had lunch with a barrel rep the other day who told me about a chart showing where new barrels are sold around the world.
More go Napa than anywhere else. There is also more higher end wine made there too, so that accounts for some of it. But to be sure, the wines are heavily oaked. That adds to the time waiting for the fruit to show up.
In my opinion anyway.
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