2003 Colgin "IX Estate" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend minerally and extremely long

minerally and extremely long

*Editors' Choice* This opens with a full and succulent burst of fruit

I very much liked the wine's decisive personality

Vaccarese and Cinsault) is awesome

2003 Colgin "IX Estate" Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend minerally and extremely longThe 2003 IX Estate Proprietary Red is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot and rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot from their steep hillside vineyards. The youngest, tightest, most masculine wine of this quartet, it will benefit from another 5 6 years of cellaring and should have 25 years of life ahead of it. This impressive, blue purple colored 2003 behaves more like a 4 to 5 year old wine than one that is a decade old. It is just beginning