Turn the Cab Around!

There are certain nights where every wine at the table turns out to be an amazing experience.  It is rare, but when it happens it is a thing of beauty, regardless of the appellation involved.  But when the tide turns in the other direction, even a lineup of fine wines can wind up a huge disappointment.

Look at the list of wines below and you'll see we brought a nice assortment of mostly  well-respected Napa Cabernets.  Unfortunately, after the Chablis was gone, not a single bottle of wine showed properly, or particularly well.  I think some of it had to do with not enough decant time, but there were other forces playing against us and I don't mean to sound paranoid.  

I wanted to understand why these wines were not drinking beautifully.  In all honesty, there is not a single wine that I tasted, that I would have consumed a whole glass of on that particular eve.  None that I really enjoyed sipping, with the scant exception being the Heitz' Martha's.  Even that was only good, as in about 88...