Written by So the other night we opened a 2006 Ghost Block Cabernet Sauvignon. When Matt and I had first discussed Uncorked Ventures I had asked him to give me a list of target wineries that he’d like to work with given they’d want to work with us.
Ghost Block was on that list. Ghost Block is one of the labels owned by Bonded Winery Number 9 in Napa, California. This is truly one of the great stories in wine country, 100 consecutive harvests as well as being organically certified and still family owned. Needless to say, I was very excited to finally get a chance to try the wine after finding it at a Beverages and More run.
I have always struggled with how to write a review when although there wasn’t anything bad about the wine, it just didn’t excite us. This Cab was definitely one that would have benefitted from time in the cellar, it continued to open well past two hours after we opened it. To say that with four people drinking that we still had wine left after over 2 hours says a lot I think. I’d like to try some of the other products from Winery #9 as I think there were elements in the bottle that could work very well together….in a different bottle. At $55-$70 though I can’t suggest this bottle for your table, or your cellar. Again, nothing wrong, just nothing that screamed out at any of us that this is a great bottle. It’s odd because the bottle has gotten great reviews elsewhere, up to 93 points from a number of different sources, even being listed as a top 100 bottle for the year. Maybe it just didn’t agree with our palates.
Hope everyone is doing well, we also opened a French white over the weekend which was generally positive, I’ll get a review of it tomorrow.