Herman Story Bolt Cutter 2018

47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Petit Verdot, 10% Syrah
24 måneder i 80% ny, fransk eg
770 kasser fremstillet

Jeb Dunnock: 96
Wine Enthusiast: 94 & “Cellar Selection”

Herman Storys svar til dem, der “kun drikker Napa Cab”… Selvfølgelig med en sjat Rhone-Syrah, bare for god ordens skyld. 🙂

Frugt fra bl.a. White Hawk, Bien Nacido, Chelle Mountain og Slide Hill.

Russells smagenoter lyder:
“No one in Ellis County has ever seen a twister like this. Pushing F5 and tossing cows like nobody’s business. It’s about to separate the roof from this old Dodge Durango, but you’re still pushing. Inside, they pass around black licorice and cherry soda to easy listening classics – soothing keys and guitar riffs straight out of elevator speakers. The storm hits a supermarket, then a bakery. Cinnamon buns and rhubarb pies splatter on the road, the hood, the windshield, and the wheels come off the ground. Around you go, hundreds of feet in the air. But damn, listen to that bass groove.”

Wine Enthusiast tager en lidt mere nøgtern tilgang til vinen:
“Dyb og dog stadig reserveret duft af viol, karamel og forkullet bær. Koncentreret i smagen med fyldige tanniner, der er cremede og spændstige. Smagen bliver indrammet af hyldebær, mørk kakao, espresso-bønner og florale noter. Drikkeklar nu og indtil 2023.” – Wine Enthusiast

Dunnock siger det meget koncist:
“Det er den flotteste årgang, jeg har smagt af denne vin.” – Jeb Dunnock