Todd Cirella and his friends taste 2024 Chalk Hill Cabernet
7 May 2025 · 1 min
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In this informal wine‑tasting segment, Todd Cirella and his friends open a 2024 Chalk Hill Cabernet from Sonoma and sample it alongside a 2023 Amarone. They note that the Cabernet is about six months into barrel aging, so it still feels relatively young but already shows promising flavors. The group discusses the expected development over the next year, targeting a September release, and mentions practical concerns such as barrel shrinkage and the amount of wine that may be lost to the barrel (referred to as "shrinkage"). The conversation is casual, with occasional humor, and serves to give viewers a real‑time sense of how a young Cabernet evolves in the barrel and how it compares to a more mature Amarone.
