June 14, 2012 – Wine: 2005 Robert Craig Affinity

This wine has to be the epitome of the 2005 vintage from Napa Valley.  The nose and palette express the classic flavors of this vintage.  It also achieves a nice balance between the fruit flavors from that year and the other complexities and minerals from the vintage.  While there is much more to this wine than I am able to describe, I did detect flavors of blackberry, black licorice, black currant, sweet black prune, and notes of dark chocolate.  While quite smooth now (after about 75 minutes of decanting), the wine still begs for another two or more years in the cellar to achieve near-perfect balance.


2005 Robert Craig Affinity (Meritage)