Long Flat

Long Meadow Ranch

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

Cathy Corison
9.3

So youthful at a quarter century! — 5 years ago

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

A big bold plumy purple bomb As dense and luscious as a wine can get in a glass. Decanted for 2 hrs and its still a baby with blackberry, dark chocolate licorice and pepper on the nose and on the palate. A long long finish and loads of tannins to sum it all up — 7 years ago

Bruce F Taub
with Bruce

Long Shadows Vintners

Poet's Leap Columbia Valley Riesling 2006

M+ acid, ripe tropical fruit, Mod alcohol, off-dry. Nice WA example. — 10 years ago

Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1998

4h decanting
Dark ruby color, creamy
Dark berries, leather, tobacco at nose. Earthy notes
Medium long at palate, good acidity, full body
— 8 years ago

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Paul Jaboulet Aîné

La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah 1996

Incredible. Jaboulet family apparently inconsistent in final years of ownership, but this one had everything. So dense still, with lots of kalamata olive, olive brine, cherry, blackberry, black pepper, leather, cured meat, earth. Savory, sweet, powerful, elegant, hit every end of the taste spectrum. Super long. In magnum — 10 years ago

Long Shadows Vintners

Chester-Kidder Columbia Valley Red Blend 2013

Full bodied velvety tannins. Black fruits on the nose and almost chocolatey balanced finish. Paired with Beef Wellington. — 6 years ago

Caymus Vineyards

Special Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1997

As much as I hoped that this classic-year, classic-producer bottling would hold up to 22 years of cellaring - it didn’t.
It was still wine, but on the flat side of the spectrum and losing its balance,
— 8 years ago

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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1961

Ex-Chateau bottle. Testament to perfect storage. Light Amber edge with a darker core. Started off full of toast and just a whiff of brett. Slow ox for 2 hrs then poured. Amazing life for a 54yr old wine still in its stride. Light and dark fruit with seamless integrity and polish. Classic old BDX. After the initial funk blew off it kept developing in the glass. I could drink this all night long. Awesome — 11 years ago