Decoy Red Wine

Mr. Duckhorn produces great wine with very elegant tones.

Missed the boat on this one, the window is closed, whatever metaphor you prefer.

A second label wine from a weak vintage, so expectations were not high. But this really delivered nicely. Popped and poured. The nose was not too striking, but this was notable for very exuberant dark fruit flavors that were still extremely lively. Do not consider this a 90+ wine because it didn't have the complexity or secondary flavors that i would expect from a top cabernet. But this paired very nicely with a grilled sirloin and the dark fruits were …

Soft, low acidity style. Some chocolate on the palate to go with the plum and blackberry flavors.

Nice

A dark rich red color. Cherries with a tiny bit of manure on the nose. Cough syrup. A little disjointed. Didn't really seem to know what it wanted to be. Tart red fruits. Cherries. Tannins are a little rough.

Decanted for an hour & as it opened it expressed all the qualities of it's bigger brother. No formal notes taken since it was NYE, however, it compared well to the '99 Napa Silver Oak, but at 1/3rd the price.

The 2003 Decoy is a blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon and 18% Cabernet Franc. It is tooth stainingly tannic at this point and really needs some time to settle down. Once it does, there is a nice mix of complex fruits and dark cherries mixed with a light dashing of toasted oak on the finish. Good stuff but not very approachable just yet.

My first time back to this wine since the fall.... what a nice difference the last 6 -7 months has made to this wine.. The wine has begun to mellow nicely and is a fine drink right now.

Fairly light, and enjoyable wine that good fruit aromas and ripe tannins.

Duckhorn's latest Decoy release, 82% Cabernet Sauvignon 18% Cabernet Franc, a little edgy out of the bottle, not surprising given it's young age. After about an hour decanted, smoothed out and opened up nicely..