WTN: Bebame RedWine '08...(short/boring)

Tried this as a mystery wine last week:
1. Bebame ElDoradoCnty RW (13%; 65% CabFranc/35% GamayNoir) AH Wines/FairPlay 2008: Med.dark color; bit tired rather herbal/CabFranc some ElD mushroomy/earthy bit of oldBdx haymow light/interesting/complex nose; tart bit tired/dried out light herbal/CabFranc/haymow fairly earthy/mushroomy/ElDCnty flavor w/ light bit drying tannins; long somewhat haymow/herbal/CabFranc rather dusty/mushroomy/ElDCnty bit tired finish w/ light bit drying tannins; showing a bit of tired/old fruit but speaks quietly of CabFranc; rather interesting light-weight red.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This was a special one-off blend that SteveEdmunds made for his WashState distributor. It was a pretty juicy/tasty CabFranc in its youth, but clearly its youthful days have passed, as it is for most of us.
Tom

Tom, the '08 was the first vintage. I'm still making it for Don, who is currently my Oregon distributor. The first year we let Ron Mansfield persuade us to let the Cab Franc hang longer than I was inclined to do, and we had to patch the wine back together by using an inordinate amount of Gamay (which, in retrospect, is pretty clearly a strategy doomed to fail). I think the '08 was something like 35% Gamay.
Subsequent vintages, in which I followed my own inclinations about harvest dates, have been considerably more successful, and those wines are aging just fine. 2017 was the tenth harvest for Bebamé.

Tom, the '08 was the first vintage. I'm still making it for Don, who is currently my Oregon distributor. The first year we let Ron Mansfield persuade us to let the Cab Franc hang longer than I was inclined to do, and we had to patch the wine back together by using an inordinate amount of Gamay (which, in retrospect, is pretty clearly a strategy doomed to fail). I think the '08 was something like 35% Gamay.
Subsequent vintages, in which I followed my own inclinations about harvest dates, have been considerably more successful, and those wines are aging just fine. 2017 was the tenth harvest for Bebamé.

Thanks for clarifying that, Steve. Didn't realize you were still making it.
Tom