1998 La Jota Cabernet Sauvignon 17th Anniversary
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The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon 17th Anniversary Release offers a dark ruby color as well as a big, peppery, spicy, black currant, plum, mineral, earth, and dried herb-scented bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, with a fine texture in addition to a medium-weight, Bordeaux-like style, it has firm tannin, but not much lushness and complexity. It requires 2-3 years of cellaring, and should keep for 15-16 years. Tel. (707) 965-3020; Fax (707) 965-0324
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Fuller ruby color. Cassis and raspberry lifted by a pungent minerality. Denser than the HMS, but still a wine of only moderate flavor ripeness; currant and green tobacco flavors are currently a bit dominated by oak. But here the tannins are considerably riper.