Maroon Reserve Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (2)

chipgreen · June 23, 2017, 12:53pm

We all liked this, period. One, newer taster, thought it was one of the top CS’s he’s had (not many). Two of the experienced tasters thought it absolutely a quality bottle, if a bit austere; and that’s not a bad thing at all. It doesn’t slap you funny in the face with fruit and sugar.

I’m looking forward to finishing off the remainder, that I left un-preserved in any way in the fridge, tonight to see how it may evolve with some additional air time.

At no time during the tasting did we look at any reviews or discuss pricing, be it winery or from other sites, or discuss qpr, as we had no idea what the woot tariff would be.

Perhaps we should have, but tasters drifted in and out, it wasn’t an all at once event where we discussed what we were tasting, but more independent with no shared suggestions.

And hey, mill was first sucker…

My wording was a little awkward. I was trying to say that just because it’s a 2011 doesn’t mean it’s a bad wine and that your (favorable) notes attest to that.

rjquillin · June 23, 2017, 1:41pm

And I was trying to emphasize we all liked it. That got a bit lost in last nights’ posting.

And the price adjustment sure helps out the QPR of the offer.

(TT off today?)

Kainc · June 23, 2017, 6:50pm

FWIW, IIRC WTSO (acronym’s are free today?) used to offer this winery, touting it as a source of grapes for Phelps Insignia. Had the chance to meet the winemaker for Phelps and she did confirm they sourced grapes from Maroon. This was 5-7 years ago so not sure that is still the case. A long winded way of saying that this producer has some chops. Um, YMMV and I am not busting my SIWBM so as to keep SWMBO happy. TTFN!

ThunderThighs · June 23, 2017, 10:14pm

Yes, I was off most of the day and the wonderful manlapig filled in for me.