Comments on: 2005 Napa Valley Cabernets

By: Philip

Philip — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Great, thanks Dan - I’ve had a few of these, but its quite a dream list overall! Takes a brave soul to try and provide tasting notes for 20 wines in a vertical or horizontal tasting. I used to taste 20-30 white burgundies for an old job, and to try to think about how to write different notes for each would get harder and harder as i’d use up my limited vocabulary moving down the list

By: HondaJohn

HondaJohn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Awesome list Dan … and I love how you compared it to the much raved about 2004s. On my end of things (Sonoma Valley) 2005 was raved about as well. Many of the 05 in Sonoma have already been released and I love the vintage. Many varietals in seem to excel. However, Zins (one again) seem to be very high in alcohol.

I’ll be in Napa this weekend so I’ll keep my notebook handy and make plenty of notes on the 05 cabs I taste.

By: clintob

clintob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The Caymus is out of this world. Frankly, every bottle I’ve tried has been phenomenal.

By: HondaJohn

HondaJohn — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

@Dan … would love to stop by Larkmead but it would only be on a weekend. I’ll definitely give you a heads up when I’m heading back that way. I’m curious, have you tried the 2004 Ghost Block Cab? I got my allocation on it.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:28:26 +0000

Great roundup, Dan. Looking forward to getting my hands on one or two of these — any more and I might find myself skimping on dinner.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:44:16 +0000

Thanks, guys.

@Philip - please share your Burgundy notes!
@HJohn - let me know if you make it up to Calistoga, let me know, stop by Larkmead.