Reorganizing my cellar and looking for thoughts on relative drinkability of top tier California Cabs. Most ready to drink vs least ready, i.e., which cases go on the bottom (least ready to drink and least accessible to pull) and which go on the top (ready to drink and easy access). My thoughts from top to bottom:
2012
2014
2015
2017
2016
2013
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Hi, Robert. The only change that I would make is to put 2017 before 2015. From what I have tasted of those two vintages, I think the 2017’s will mature earlier than the 2015’s.
Ed
I just finished up the last of my 12’s, I will be drinking through my 14’s before the 13’s and 17’s before 15’s and 16’s. I had a 17 DiCo and RM NV recently and both were surprisingly open. A 16 La Pelle last week was not even close to ready.
Agree–I just had a '16 Greer. Definitely needs more time.
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12
17
15
16
13
I came very close to holding my 2013 Cabs and Syrah, but ultimately did not. I’ve already consumed about 40% of my 2013’s (the 2012’s are long gone), so I don’t think I’m going to make the switch now. I think my reasoning was that there was so much structure there (2013’s) that it might never soften up. FWIW, the 2013’s have been very tight and are needing 5-6 hours of air to unfurl a bit. Even with all that air time I think they had more to give though. I’ll have to give more thought to the 15, 16, 17 rotation. Cheers!
Would this be a reasonable approach to apply to zin/pinot as well?
Yea should pay more attention to this