Chain of Ponds 2005 the Cachet SASept07

Tasting Note

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Chain of Ponds 2005 the Cachet SASept07 will sell for about $45 when it is eventually released; it's sealed under cork. The bouquet shows tight, perfumed aromatics with blue fruit notes and mocha oak. Silky tannins combine with fresh acid and pure fruit to form a restrained, medium-weight wine with a supple consistency that should become seamless in time. The complexity is both diverse and refined. Blueberry, mocha, sour cherry, high-tone blackberry, and vanillin notes, finish clean and dry. Rated as Highly Recommended with *** for value, the rating should increase as the wine enters its peak drinking window in 2012 and beyond.