but I'd happily open bottles today
this wine continues to remind me of a California fantasy blend of La Mission-Haut-Brion and Cheval Blanc
It's a wine with perfect structure
espresso chocolate and currants follow through to a medium to full body that builds on the finish with wonderful blackberry
the 2013 La Romanée Grand Cru replicated its impressive showing last year
Bond Vecina 2001 750mL (Slightly Scuffed Label) US Pinot but I'd happily open bottles"The most backward, earthy, muscular masculine wine of the group is the 2001 Vecina. Still quite tightly knit, with loads of rugged tannins as well as distinctive notes of graphite and earth reminiscent of a St. Estephe such as Chateau Montrose, the wine displays sweet, earthy blueberry and blackberry fruit, but then the tannins kick in. This full bodied, massive wine needs a good 5 7 years of cellaring at the minimum, and whether it ever approaches