I agree with a fellow reviewer after a second bottle......an hour or two with the bottle open or in my glass and the profile more closely resembles a Napa cab, however when getting home late from work and craving a glass of red, it's hard to let it sit and develop. Sometimes you just have to drink a glass right upon opening. Either way this is a very nice cab. You will not be disappointed.

Started out as originally reviewed. Left this off the nitrogen in the cellar. Next day poured a glass and it was slightly better. Went out to play with the kid. Came in an hour later. Better. Poured a full glass(in my Eisch breathable wine glass) and left it for a couple more hours. Now it has had about four hours of air and been opened(but corked and temp controlled) overnight. this is now closing in on 5 stars....most excellent. Would suggest maybe a couple more years laying down but it was so good it will probably just get a lot of air and go much more quickly. Give it 3 to 5 hours of air and you will be glad for the patience.

I don't know what I was expecting, perhaps since it was compared favorably to Napa's Cabs, I was expecting a similar taste profile in my head. It is a very good wine, but not the classic California Cab. It has it's own bouquet, it's own flavors. I detected more pine or cedar pitch but not heavy like with some of the petrified forest cabs between Sonoma Valey and Napa Valley. Fruit is not bold, rather subdued and the tannins are just right in the middle. A very good wine, just a different profile.