Cary Gott tastes through the barrels.

Here’s a brief report from winemaker Cary Gott after tasting through the barrels today:
I just tasted all of the wines we have that are in barrel. Very nice wines.
09 Butterdragon, a deep rich wine, a wow!, just finished ML [ed: malolactic fermentation]
09 Baconbrook, clean/fresh- firm texture, will need the extra aging as in past years, just finished ML
08 Butterdragon, beautiful barrel and Cabernet note in the nose and mouth, complex
08 Baconbrook, high structure, nose is developing, flavors are full and round/firm, nice
07 Baconbrook, elegant complex nose, as usual for Baconbrook, plenty of age worth structure, very nice