Abreu – The 2009s Revisited
BY ANTONIO GALLONI |
I still remember the first time I tasted the Abreu 2009s. It was fall of 2011, the year Robert Parker asked me to take over Napa Valley coverage at The Wine Advocate. The Abreu wines were already established icons, and yet the setting was as no-frills as it possibly could have been. In those days, tastings were done outside, just by the winery door, in the driveway. There was no spit bucket, just a patch of green brush above the stone wall. Brad Grimes presented three vintages of each wine in the most unadorned manner possible. Those 2009s were so showy and unbelievably alluring when they were young. Needless to say, I was deeply intrigued to revisit them at nearly ten years of age.
I still remember the first time I tasted the Abreu 2009s. It was fall of 2011, the year Robert Parker asked me to take over Napa Valley coverage at The Wine Advocate. Those 2009s were so showy and unbelievably alluring when they were young. Needless to say, I was deeply intrigued to revisit them at nearly ten years of age.
