Spring Mountain Vineyard Red Blend Elivette Spring Mountain District Napa Valley 2011 (Magnum 1.5L)
“I can drink a whole Hennessey fifth – some call it a problem, but I call it a gift.” - Xzibit
Ok – one, don’t do that. Plus, wine is WAY better than Hennessey…always. The POINT is – and what I’m saying here, is some things that some people call a problem – really prove to be a gift. Take 2011. Here in Napa, it was cool and damp, with yields down up to 60% in a lot of places, and the sort of harvest that winemakers still haven’t gotten over. (Therapy helps, y’all!) But as time marches on, the 2011 Napa vintage is changing hearts and minds of even the most curmudgeonly critics – and this 2011 absolutely SLAYS!Â
Brilliant red cherries and plums, with floral violets and peonies, then explosive little bursts of lingonberries, an onrush of silky milk chocolate, with a descent into darkness with blueberries, blackberries, iron, volcanic gravel, warm clay, and black raspberries too! WOWZA, this is good! There’s a soft and pervasive attack of all the fruits and flowers, but the finish is kinda spicy, with a cooling, herb bite that brings it all into focus. This 2011 proves yet again that a cooler vintage, with challenging conditions, isn’t the apocalypse that naysayers originally predicted – and year after year, this climbs the ranks of my all-time favorite Napa growing seasons. The wines are oh-so unique, and CRAZY complex, with a purity and intensity that just seems to get better, and better, and…wait! What are you still doing here?!?! Magnums are in short supply – and when they are OVER $450 OFF – not long for this world!
While they last!
** FREE GROUND SHIPPING on all of today's wines (we’ll just add it to your Marathon haul)! Please also allow us several weeks to get to all states (up to 6 weeks). All orders will be shipped from our West Coast warehouse. **
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“I can drink a whole Hennessey fifth – some call it a problem, but I call it a gift.” - Xzibit
Ok – one, don’t do that. Plus, wine is WAY better than Hennessey…always. The POINT is – and what I’m saying here, is some things that some people call a problem – really prove to be a gift. Take 2011. Here in Napa, it was cool and damp, with yields down up to 60% in a lot of places, and the sort of harvest that winemakers still haven’t gotten over. (Therapy helps, y’all!) But as time marches on, the 2011 Napa vintage is changing hearts and minds of even the most curmudgeonly critics – and this 2011 absolutely SLAYS!Â
Brilliant red cherries and plums, with floral violets and peonies, then explosive little bursts of lingonberries, an onrush of silky milk chocolate, with a descent into darkness with blueberries, blackberries, iron, volcanic gravel, warm clay, and black raspberries too! WOWZA, this is good! There’s a soft and pervasive attack of all the fruits and flowers, but the finish is kinda spicy, with a cooling, herb bite that brings it all into focus. This 2011 proves yet again that a cooler vintage, with challenging conditions, isn’t the apocalypse that naysayers originally predicted – and year after year, this climbs the ranks of my all-time favorite Napa growing seasons. The wines are oh-so unique, and CRAZY complex, with a purity and intensity that just seems to get better, and better, and…wait! What are you still doing here?!?! Magnums are in short supply – and when they are OVER $450 OFF – not long for this world!
While they last!
** FREE GROUND SHIPPING on all of today's wines (we’ll just add it to your Marathon haul)! Please also allow us several weeks to get to all states (up to 6 weeks). All orders will be shipped from our West Coast warehouse. **
