When trying to cut back on the wine
you are consuming, it is probably best to avoid tasting at wineries where you
are a wine club member. Such was the
case with this visit. I had to stop at
Provenance to pick up a wine order from a few weeks back, so the winery was
hard to pass up. As usually, I was
recognized, greeted warmly by old staff (and treated well by the new person),
and offered some very nice wines to try, including one that I had tasted two
years prior at a special members-only event.
By the time that we left Provenance, I was grateful not to be driving,
as I was starting to feel the effects of the day’s wine consumption.
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| Provenance Vineyards building as dusk settles. |
I had intended to taste only three
wines at Provenance, but as I was finishing my third pour, I was told that the
2009 Hewitt Double-Plus Cabernet Sauvignon was open and available to taste,
which was a very rare opportunity. How
could I resist? I started my tasting
flight with the 2012 Cabernet Franc, followed by the 2010 Three Palms Cabernet
Sauvignon, and the 2010 Oakville To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon. Next I was offered the 2009 Hewitt
Double-Plus Cabernet Sauvignon. As I was
finishing that, I was told that the 2010 Barrel Select Cabernet Sauvignon was
performing well right now. The only
problem was that this last wine faced a lot of potent competition, with the
Hewitt Double-Plus being the star of the flight. Impressive in its own right was the 2010 Oakville
To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon, which was my second favorite.
A full review was written already about Provenance Vineyards during my visit on February 8th, 2012.
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