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Opened a couple of minutes before serving.
Very smooth Bordeaux blend from California. Rich without being OTT (perhaps because of the Cabernet franc?)
Second wine from this producer after Oakville Ranch a couple of years ago and I really like what you get for the price. (12 views)

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Really nice wine that opens up nicely!!! Big dark fruit. Med tannins. Over all a nice bottle that represents Mondavi well. Cheers (26 views)

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100% Cab Franc. Had for son's graduation celebration. Loved by all. (25 views)

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One of 3 bottles in a recent shipment. This was the hottest temp bottle out of the box, even with the styrofoam inserts.

Decanted almost 2 hours then back into a clean bottle to take to HMC's for dinner. Slow ox'd another 90 minutes there, so almost 4 hours of total airtime.

Initially, a bit of a 'dud'? Kind of flat throughout. Nice fruit, nice color, nice tannins, just a lot of nice....maybe a 91?

By the end this began to fill out, put on weight and develop more personality. More taste sensations, more acidity coming to the forefront, etc. Clearly, this bottle at least, seems to be in a stage where it needs every bit of 4+ hours of air to shine. The wine really deepens at that point in time. Glad to have two more in the cellar, glad that they weren't as hot off the truck as this bottle was! (77 views)

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Full throttle, in your face MH cabernet.....elevated fruit, oak, drying tannins on the back end, and acidity. I guess one could say 'balanced' in that respect, but it's balanced out the wazoo! Opened 3 nights ago, drank half a bottle through the evening then put a Repour stopper in, til taking it to HMC's tonight. Drank much the same, good consistency using the Repour.

For me personally, I am tiring of these burning, over the top hyper fueled monsters. I will let me remaining 3 bottles sit for another year or two or ten and see where they are then. Make no mistake, I like this wine....I just wish it were toned down a notch, or three. (39 views)

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Consumed alongside a 2009 Cliff Lede Songbook and a 2009 Shafer Hillside Reserve. All excellent but this was the clear standout at our 30th anniversary dinner. This is the highest rating I’ve ever given a wine. (22 views)

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Purchased at release (WinEx, I think) and cellared at 55F.
Brought to a restaurant; wine manager broke the cork but was able to remove it without cork crumbs in the wine.
Nose was a little funky with some basement notes.
Flavor was not like the smell.
Round red fruits - some cherry and cassis. Tobacco and leather notes as well.
Showed a very gentle and elegant profile. Shows a restrained style of California cabernet.
91% Cabernet; 9% Cabernet Franc.
Enjoyable.

The 1994 Kenwood Artist Series tasted the evening before was more vibrant than this Dalla Valle. (39 views)

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Mistake (90 views)

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Entered wrong (79 views)

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Nose of blackberry, oak, and chicory. Soft and rich palate with milk chocolate, black currant, and black cherry fruit layered with rosemary and bouquet garni. Vanilla, oak, black plum lead into a mineral and black soil finish. Delish! (34 views)

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Medium weight, red fruit and well integrated oak. Not the most complex wine I have ever had, but very good. (24 views)

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Decanted after first taste which still showed unresolved tannins but improving.95 pts. (26 views)

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not nearly as good as the 2014. took some time to get going. mostly red fruit but a bit thin. might need more time (35 views)

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