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Textbook 2005 Mise en Place Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- Cellar Selection
- $44
The wine is fantastic, albeit tannic. It’s not a gushy one to open tonight. The tannins have a dry astringency, but even so, you can taste fabulously ripe blackberries, black cherries and currants. This wine should begin to come into its own next year and hold for many years.
— S.H.
(9/1/2008)
Textbook 2006 Mise en Place Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- $49
Coastal specialists Jonathan and Susan Pey move inland to warm Napa to craft this Oakville-grown Cabernet. It’s quite a good wine, although not on a par with the spectacular 2005. Every effort went into ripening the grapes to succulent blackberries and black currants, with new French oak adding notes of smoke and vanilla. Drink now–2012.
— S.H.
(12/15/2009)
Textbook 2007 Mise en Place Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- Cellar Selection
- $49
Tastes young and vigorous and almost rude in youth, offering strong, extracted blackberry, cherry and raspberry flavors. The tannins have sharp elbows, and the oak is entirely unintegrated. Seems altogether immature. Give it a good five years in the cellar, and try again.
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
Textbook 2008 Fin de journée Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $25
Freshly acidic and jammy in blackberry, cherry and raspberry flavors, this is one of the fruitier Napa Cabs available. It’s at its best now, so drink up with a nice steak.
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
Textbook 2007 Fin de journée Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $25
From the Peays, of Marin County, comes this dry, tannic and somewhat rustic Cabernet. It’s hard around the edges, with some raisiny notes to the blackberries and toast. Ready now.
— S.H.
(3/1/2010)
Textbook 2010 Fin de journée Merlot (Napa Valley)
- $25
Sweet, simple and candied, offering brown sugar, blackberry jam and buttered toast flavors. Very, very rich. Try giving it a slight chill before serving.
— S.H.
(6/1/2013)
Textbook 2009 Fin de journée Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
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- $23
A rather simple Chardonnay made in the modern style, with lots of flamboyance and flash, but not much subtlety. Strong and rich in pineapple and peach jam flavors, it’s brightened with zesty acidity.
— S.H.
(4/1/2011)
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