Saturday, October 4, 2008


The second bottle, brought by Uncle P, had a garnet color, very good nose and aromas of coffee, cocoa, vanilla. We all loved it, unfortunately any comments were stifled by the great fears of Uncles E and P that the financial markets are ruining us all. That being true, one nevertheless should concentrate on the wine. Seasoned winemakers, (like Uncle Winepath for instance) who do not understand squat about the market or finances in general-are not worried about the collapse of the world as we know it. Anyway, this wine was great, we thought it to be a California cabernet. We were right: this is Ghost Block, Oakville 2005-a Napa cult wine, produced under the auspices of the Napa Wine Company "incubator". The Ghost Block refers to the old cemetery adjacent to the vineyard, where 150 of the Valley's wine makers are burried. A 3/3+.

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