2003 Colgin "IX Estate" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend I have another bottle in

I have another bottle in the fridge for tonight

where morning fog and offshore breezes in the afternoon help to cool the vines

minerally and extremely long

this exhibits vanilla

with kirsch and cherry preserves flavors laced with a pepper note and a lively tobacco streak

2003 Colgin "IX Estate" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend I have another bottle inThe 2003 IX Estate Proprietary Red is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from their steep hillside vineyards. The youngest, tightest, most masculine wine of this quartet, it will benefit from another 5 6 years of cellaring and should have 25 years of life ahead of it. This impressive, blue purple colored 2003 behaves more like a 4 to 5 year old wine than one that is a decade old. It is just beginning