Del Dotto Cabernet Sauvignon 9 Oaks French Blend Lot M

It felt like a good night to release The Beast. Similar to my tasting note when tasted at the winery back in 2018. If anything this continues to put on more weight but with more symmetry. I tasted more red fruit dominating this time than equal parts black, blue, and red fruits, which I tasted last time. Excellent wine and paired nicely with a 16 oz. Snake River Farms Wagyu steak. However, if I am going to pay $300 per …

Dense and complex. Beautiful

Not good.

Great night with friends. No notes. Each wine had about 30 minute decant unless otherwise noted. No clue how to do user story. 2010 Schrader GIII, 2009 Abreau, 2013 Staglin, 2015 Beast, 2015 Maybach A, 2015 Lewis Cellars Syrah, 2016 Carter Las Piedras La Bam. CSIMM1161 notes are Exactly my takeaway- from profile, build up, preference of Villa Del lago and not anywhere near the QPR. 1000 out of a 1000 would go to Bevan, Carter, Memento Mori, Realm, Maybach …

Better than I was expecting, especially since it was a pop & pour with only a 10 minute decant. What was so interesting about this wine is that it was an equal expression of red, black, and blue fruit all in one glass. That rarely happens as one of those flavor profiles usually dominates the glass. While the nose was muted (which I correlated to the short decant), the finish was incredibly mouth coating and went on for at least …

Del Dotto Barrels & Beasts 2017 (Saint Helena) : You can essentially cut/paste my notes from last year on the 2014 Beast, except this 2015 seemed even more extracted and lacked much of the finesse or frame found in the 887 wines. It showed me that sometimes taking the best of all of your ingredients doesn't automatically equate to a "better" wine. Plush, ripe, round, and rich; dark black fruit. Of course, everyone freaked out when they had this wine, …

Del Dotto Barrels & Beasts 2017 (Saint Helena) : I just couldn't get into this wine. Thin, lacking character, and throwing out some odd high-toned fruit flavors.