….”There are 800 cases of the sensual, juicy 2012, which costs $179 a bottle. Aromas of wildflowers and red cherries lead to cool, briary fruit in the taste that bursts in your mouth with the fresh, almost crunchy texture the French call croquant.
But the 2013, to be released next year, is the exciting, gorgeous one, deeper, more complex, with notes of smoke and tobacco and a silky texture—just about everything you could want in a great Napa cabernet. Mostero called 2013 “a once-in-a-century vintage.”….