2007 Cadence Tapteil- USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain (1/1/2010)
Opened from a 375 and decanted. After 15 mins the nose is just starting to open up, notes of red and purple fruit, a hint of high-toned menthol and other fresh green herbs and some cocoa. Broad flavors on palate, fine tannins, good silky mouthfeel. Nice density without getting unctuous and overbearing. The palate is transparent in a good way - it lets you look into the various flavors and feels 3D vs a wash of flat flavors and then nothing. Finish is good, lingers maybe 20-30 sec and doesn’t cut off. There are good acids here, but this is about fruit and pedigree and this wine will age on the high quality fruit and tannins.
Thanks for posting this. I really like Cadence wines as they are well made wines that fit into my budget. I always get the Ciel du Cheval and Tapteil and sometimes one of the others. I wanted to try the Camerata (tasted the 06 with Ben last March at the winery) but money was scarce this year due to the bad economy hitting home (Cadence was one of only 2 lists I bought from this fall).
I don’t think I’ve touched my 06s, let alone my 07s. I usually get 4 of each so I need to save them…
Full disclosure, I got this for helping out at the open house in November, so it wasn’t money for me and I wanted to open something nice for NY Day dinner. I quite like Taptiel fruit and what Ben does with it - it’s a vineyard that puts out some very nice Cab S fruit. I’d not be in a rush to crack them in your place - I had a 98 a few months ago that was still going strong.
Yeah. All of the wines were good in 2007 and rather similar for their profiles to the Taptiel. I don’t mean they were alike - they weren’t and all showed their sources - but that they all seemed to have the characteristic of being transparent in a good way letting you see into the wine a bit.
Don’t forget the Coda either, if you want a ~$25 Bordeaux blend that is meant for earlier drinking.