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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 30 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 1/11/2020 flawed bottle: BUMMER... was so looking fwd to this wine, after many bottles of the '76 and '78 version... very rarely do I open a bottle that is fully spoiled but this was that... on the pnp - flawed, left the decanter alone for several hours (just in case) - flawed, tried the second half of the bottle (which had been gassed and fridged) the next day, flawed... must have been spoiled by heat or cork compromise... in fact there was a San Andreas fault in the middle of the top of the cork with reddish sludge in it (3470 views) | | | Tasted by scottj on 7/9/2019 & rated 89 points: Birthyear wine, opened for my daughter's birthday. Purchased on release with the $27 price tag still on the bottle. Pleasantly surprised with how well this has held up. Deep red in color, with only the slightest browning at the edge. Very subdued on opening, but blossomed after about 30 minutes with aromas of cassis, old saddle leather and menthol/mint. Medium bodied, with red fruit (plum) flavors and a hint of spice. The relatively short finish didn't detract at all. A very nice well-aged Napa Cab ... (3702 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 5/19/2018: From the oenotheque machine @ Hedonism wines in London. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Drinking quite well right now. Dried fruits and potpourri. A bit fresher than I expected. Interesting because drank between two Bordeauxs and honestly this was right in that style. (5017 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 3/10/2016: On day two: tobacco and cedar, one taster noted tomato. (8046 views) | | | Tasted by Pknut on 11/2/2015: Very dark, youthful color; does not look like a 32 year old wine. Bob cites eucalyptus on the palate and says this could be Heitz. I like the sweetness of the fruit here. Stephen and Bob both find rose petals. With air, a round and balanced mouthfeel; really like this. Old school, well preserved CA Cab that is showing very nicely and elegant today. Lunch at Le Perigord. (8482 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 10/7/2015 & rated 91 points: A Fall Magnum Dinner in Toronto (Irongate, Toronto, ON): (from magnum) I quite like older Mondavis and this one followed the house style nicely. The complex and mature nose wafts dried orange peel, almond, mint/menthol, new leather, shoe polish, tea, coriander seed and some background cassis. The palate is drying and light, showing that this is fully mature. The nose is certainly better than palate on this enjoyable, mature cab. The finish is medium minus in length revealing an amaro liquer finish that I often associate with these older style napa cabs. (6834 views) | | | Tasted by Woodbridge Brad on 4/22/2015 & rated 90 points: From a six liter bottle at the winery. Very developed but still quite sound this is a true testament to the glory that was Napa Valley Cabernet before the overripe monsters of today. Still vibrant and and quite sound. (6019 views) | | | Tasted by ucbeau on 10/17/2014 & rated 92 points: Opened approximately 1 hour prior to serving. Pours a dark, brickish red. The aromas took a bit of time to unlock but once they did, this wine was marvelous. Ripe red cherry fruit leather, cassis, menthol, and leathery baseball glove all emerge. Excellent depth to the bouquet. On the palate it's got a light, structured mouthfeel yet retains good concentration. The menthol note runs right down the middle of the palate, cleaving fruit leather, plum, and cassis notes. Soft tannins and, surprise, still good acidity work to frame the fruit. The finish is smooth and subtle, more dusty-leather and a hint of peppercorn than fruity. This was drinking beautifully over the course of several hours. (6109 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 9/24/2014 & rated 93 points: Birthday Tasting - Weygandt Wines (Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.): I’ve loved this wine in the past, and I’ve never had a bad bottle, but I especially love the way this one was showing. It was something else. I don’t know if I’ve ever smelled tabasco sauce on Cab, but this wine has a lot of it. It’s great, it smells like tabasco sauce, pickles, chewing tobacco and library dust on top of dried currant tea. The tannins are so fine and dusty, the acid is refreshing, a light and elegant feel to this wine. Flavors of dried cranberry and wild strawberries left unpicked until autumn, backed up by dusty earth, shaved dark chocolate, chewing tobacco and all sorts of spice. Long, earthy, herbal, complex. Old Mondavi Reserve is one of my favorite things. I meant to hold this until my 33rd, but oh well. (2995 views) | | | Tasted by manonthemoon on 9/24/2014 & rated 91 points: Really nice nose on this wine, tons of secondaries going on with aged leather, earth, coffee, etc going on. Some dried fruit left with the secondaries on the palate, but I think the nose is the highlight. (3066 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 7/2/2014 & rated 92 points: Mostly American Wines; 7/2/2014-7/6/2014: Light ruby color. Nose of black and Kalamata olives, green and black pepper, spiced black tea, pickles, but I still get some tangy cherries and dried currants, also notes of dark chocolate. On the palate, fined down tannins, the acid is crisp and pronounced. Flavors of soy, pickle, tobacco, wet leaves, leather and charcoal with lots of spicy earthy tones. Sour cherries and sweet dried currants linger in the background. Elegant, complex, with pronounced earth and herbal tones. In my mind, this is still holding up, but the fruit isn’t exactly front and center. Three years since my last bottle, and I think I hold off another two or three until I open my last one. (3408 views) | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 11/30/2013: Opened and decanted to remove sediment. Leather, pencil, tobacco on nose. Similar taste along with green pepper. Complexity still there with a long finish. Very enjoyable. (3381 views) | | | Tasted by heimbach on 8/21/2012 & rated 81 points: Old and tired. Drink up. (5092 views) | | | Tasted by Clos & Cru on 1/14/2012 & rated 93 points: in blind vs 1983 beausejour becot. RM Res won. it still had plenty ripe fruit, chocolate, tobacco and long (5649 views) | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 11/25/2011: Opened and decanted to remove sediment. Leather, pencil, tobacco on nose. Similar taste along with cranberry and green pepper with a lot of complexity still evident. Long, lingering finish. Very enjoyable bottle. (6000 views) | | | Tasted by psmith on 6/4/2011: Bordeaux like in its refinement and grainy, balancing tannins. Softened fruit. Tobacco and cedar. Very nice. (5231 views) | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 6/4/2011 & rated 92 points: Saturday Tasting Group (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Surprisingly lively. Showed better than the 84 tasted previously. Some cloudy color. Nice nose though of roast turkey. Light briny soy, Worcestershire. Strong menthol, green pepper, white peppercorn. Little reductive. Light savory elements. Balanced and finesse. Lighter savory style. Really nice. (6496 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 2/4/2011 & rated 91 points: Thursday Night with the Parents; 2/3/2011-2/4/2011: cork was soaked halfway through, but no seepage. i decanted this and drank over the course of two hours with my parents. the light ruby colored wine shows dusty plums, some raisins and a hint of green pepper on the nose, not an underripe fruit flavor, but more of an aged, dried pepper kind of aroma. over time, some sour cherry fruit came out in force. very interesting nose that seemed to show a different aroma every ten minutes. over the course of the night i picked up a bit of leather, also some plum skins. on the palate, the tannins are refined and subtle. the acid is really zipping. on the palate i got a bit of tomato paste, some earth, some dust and some worn leather. my father commented that the wine tasted "like an oiled catcher's mitt" and i think he was right on. "there's also some sour cherries stuck in the mitt," he said. agreed. i also got some brine and some chewing tobacco over time. it really changed with air and the decanter but it didn't die right away. the fruit has really waned, but the secondary flavors are quite unique. the finish is smooth and long. it might've been better a few years ago, i don't know. (4345 views) | | | Tasted by rjsmall on 12/25/2010: Nice aged cabernet. Dark red to brown colour. Cherry, cedar, spice and a slight fortified note. Interesting bottle with a bit more time left. (4086 views) | | | Tasted by McBenalds on 12/7/2010 & rated 89 points: Had flattened out a bit, without the structure that the '77 had. (4406 views) | | | Tasted by Hugh Stirling on 11/8/2010: just over the hill, buit still lots of interesting flavours and class. (4300 views) | | | Tasted by bevetroppo on 3/7/2009 & rated 90 points: What becomes a legend most? Alright, we're already in overstatement mode, but this is a 26 year old cab from a decent vintage. Anyone want to guess alcohol content? Can you say 12% boys and girls? Still standing, with a haunting blackberry impression backed up by a rush of minerals. Decent fruit, more minerals in the mouth, tannins bordering on non-existent. Worth contemplating, appreciating, respecting, and drinking ASAP. (4803 views) | | | Tasted by Afrazer on 10/1/2007 & rated 90 points: Taken to Marlowe's for a blind cabernet tasting. Open and poured. A good cabernet given the age. Thoroughly enjoyed by all - in fact WOTN. Definetly no more improvement for this wine and may be in decline. (5102 views) | | | Tasted by Lwelfley on 3/12/2007 & rated 90 points: much better than expected as it was beyond drinking window. Had a very bordeaux taste. Needed more time than 1 hour to open up. (5266 views) | | | Tasted by TylerMcNinch on 10/30/2006 & rated 87 points: Not a particularly great year for Mondavi, but nonetheless a good bottle of wine. I wish I had decanted it for longer as 3 hours was not nearly long enough to open up. Smooth tannins with a minerally, almost French palate. (5373 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Robert Mondavi Winery Producer website
Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonReserve The Wine News | Wine Country This Week | Wine Lover's PageUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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