Sunday, February 14, 2021

Intimate Valentine's Day Remote Tasting

Silverado sent me an email at the right time, offering a Valentine's Day Tasting, a bottle of their 2016 Geo and some truffles. It sounded fun to me. I added all of their 2016 Cab offerings and decided to do a blind tasting.

February a number of our friends participate in a dry month, promoted by a friend. We mostly refer to it as Teduary. This limited our participants. I pinged Paul, knowing Jennifer loved cabs, but they were unable to attend. I promised Paul we would do something in the future. I knew Jose had a new love of cabs, and had expressed a fondness for Silverado, which is why I was on their email list. He joined us.

We split the bottles, and let them breath an hour before we zoomed. We had a great time tasting with Jose.


Results




A -2016 - See Selection, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, came in first place with an average of 4.50. It cost $90 from the winery.

D -2016 - SOLO, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley, came in second place with an average of 4.03. It cost $125 from the winery.

C -2016 - Oakville Station, Napa Valley, came in third place with an average of 3.73. It cost $90 from the winery.

B -2016 - GEO, Coombsville, Napa Valley, came in last place with an average of 3.70. It cost $75 from the winery.