2020 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Haze

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  4/6/2024 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Was much better a few nights later after pulling the cork. Bother some green note was gone, and a real crowd pleaser as our 2nd wine of the evening

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  4/3/2024 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Coravin'd a glass as today as I received the offer for and purchased a few bottles of the '21 Daze 21. Frankly this leaves me wanting more...not OF the wine but rather FROM the wine. Odd given how much we enjoy Mark's wines.
  
  Soft and approachable mouthfeel but an odd green note mars the finish. Seems like theres a cab franc component but l cant find what else is blended into this cab label.
  
  Certainly not the best vintage in general but this was also the year the winemaker abandoned Carter and left one or two others. Maybe a lack of focus or attention?

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  6/22/2023 - Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very primary. It’s a ‘20. Ripe Blue and black fruits, vanilla, muffins, mild spice notes and toasted oak. Fine acidity, ripe tannins and no smoke taint.

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  6/18/2023 - Badmonkey wrote:

  I’m not a big follower of the International Wine Report but I decided to give this a shot in light of their 95 rating. In addition, I really enjoyed the 2019 vintage. Purple fruit - currants, blackberry, dark cherry, and blueberry. Smooth mid-palate but a lighter profile than expected - medium body. Flavors of cassis, some spice, and a little mineral/graphite component. In addition, the finish was somewhat lacking - a little short/not much depth. Decanted for a couple hours and drank over a couple more. Improved a little with time. Drank next to the 2019 vintage and we all agreed that the 2019 vintage was at least a couple points better - more depth/concentration and character. I’ll refrain from rating this bottle because I don’t believe it’s in the best place right now or maybe it’s just the challenging vintage. Low 90s if rating and 94 for the 2019 vintage.

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  4/8/2023 - Yack Man wrote: 92 Points

  Okay, but it's not my favorite. I'm going to give this one 91+/ 92 this time around. Not as good as the the last bottle and nowhere near as good as the 2019 for sure. (see previous notes).

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