The extra time in bottle hasn't hurt this reserve bottling, but it doesn't seem to have added much either. It is a bit more concentrated than the 2004 regular Cabernet, otherwise quite similar in character, and a bit monolithic. The tannins still retain some coarseness, and there are no leavening nuances of new oak. The fruit, ripened from a single site, strikes its single note well.
The extra time in bottle hasn't hurt this reserve bottling, but it doesn't seem to have added much either. It is a bit more concentrated than the 2004 regular Cabernet, otherwise quite similar in character, and a bit monolithic. The tannins still retain some coarseness, and there are no leavening nuances of new oak. The fruit, ripened from a single site, strikes its single note well.
The extra time in bottle hasn't hurt this reserve bottling, but it doesn't seem to have added much either. It is a bit more concentrated than the 2004 regular Cabernet, otherwise quite similar in character, and a bit monolithic. The tannins still retain some coarseness, and there are no leavening nuances of new oak. The fruit, ripened from a single site, strikes its single note well.