Almost opaque ruby-purple with a powerful nose of espresso, bittersweet chocolate, vanillin and cassis. Full body, high complexity, medium acidity and high, ripe tannins. Concentrated espresso, cassis, blackberry liqueur, chocolate, vanillin and tar. Long length with balance. 94ptsI can't find a tn with the lousy search for the life of me

I hate searching on this site these days. It sucks.

Aloha, last I had the insignia it seemed somewhat shut down. Sounds like yours was open for bidness. Recommended drinking window?

I would say it has quite a long life ahead of it, I would look at about 3-5 for checking in.

From .375: Decanted 2 hours, consumed over the following 4 hours. Nice red fruit on the nose. Well-integrated blackberry flavors, with tobacco, some faint oak and an alcohol burn. Towards the end of the 4 hour drinking window the alcohol had virtually disappeared, and the wine became far better-balanced. This was tasted alongside a .375 of the 2001 Montelena Estate, and was a better wine overall, with more complexity and a noticeable CaliCab profile, where the Monty was a little "flatter" and more bordeaux-like. (508 views

this '01 was dbl decanted for 2.5 hours and was open in the bottle for next 2 hours after that.