2013 Bond Estates Vecina Red, Napa Valley, USA (750ml) Yorkville Highlands crème de cassis and plum

crème de cassis and plum pudding with nuances of potpourri

Truly exemplary of the winery’s ability to combine power and grace

the palate is very fine and wonderfully elegant

along with plenty of roasted plum and dark cherry elements

2013 Bond Estates Vecina Red, Napa Valley, USA (750ml) Yorkville Highlands crème de cassis and plumTASTING NOTES: The perfect 2013 Vecina offers up notes of pen ink, scorched earth, espresso, blackcurrant liqueur and blackberries. It is a fabulously great wine, with supple, well integrated tannin, decent acidity, and a skyscraper like mouthfeel, with extraordinary purity and richness. This is an amazing wine to drink over the next 50 years, although I would probably suggest cellaring for five or more at present. Robert Parker, 100 pts