WTN: very fine Cal. Cab.

For my pre-birthday meal today (b-day tomorrow but I leave for a bass fishing trip to Fla.) we had a outdoor grilled London broil (70 deg. today) with a 2007 Ahnfeldt Napa Cabernet. This is why you give some age to cabs.! Extremely smooth with acids and tannins in perfect balance, the fruit was full of cassis and other black fruits. Probably actually better in 1-2 more years since there is still a tiny bite on the finish, but that is just nit-picking. abv of 14.9%

Yep, I like that ten-year mark for majority of Cali cabs with the exception of some that were intended to drink sooner and some (think Dunn and Howell Mountain) that may require decades in the cellar. Happy Birthday, Jim, although you probably won't see this. I hope the bass are biting.

I have enjoyed the Ahnfelt wines in the past, Jim. Impressed they are getting distribution in the wilds of The Heartland.