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Winemaker Mark Aubert compared the Colgin 2001s to the legendary '47s and '61s made in Bordeaux, and was confident that this crop of Colgin wines would go on for decades in bottle. Ordinarily, I would take such statements with a grain of salt, but there's no arguing with these wines' extraordinary material. My tasting ended with a look at two lots of 2002 cabernet sauvignon from the new planting around the winery, on rocky, volcanic soil above Lake Hennessey at an altitude of 1,200 to 1,400 feet. Both offered near-exotic creaminess and sweetness, with varietally accurate cassis, currant leaf and tobacco aromas and flavors complicated by an element of iron. And, finally, there was an early taste of the estate's first - and highly promising - essay into syrah (see the note below). Ann Colgin was worried about whether the introduction of a syrah would muddy the winery's image as a top cabernet producer, but this is a problem most producers would like to have. Alain Raynaud, owner of Chateau Quinault in St. Emilion and former president of Bordeaux's Union des Grands Crus, is now consulting here.

From Focus on California (May 2003) by Stephen Tanzer

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2000 Cabernet Sauvignon Herb Lamb Vineyard Napa Valley

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