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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 4/24/2024 & rated 95 points: A most pleasant surprise as a late pnp and enjoyed over 2+ hours of air with the HMCs and the WGDMs.......this was not as expected. Great fruit and totally balanced. Great weight, and power and fruit.....love this wine. (400 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 8/20/2023 & rated 94 points: Twenty minute decant then back in bottle to the HMCs for dinner. Served blind. HMC thought young Bdx or old Napa. It was the second......still pretty dark garnet in the glass. Traditional nose of Cab with graphite. Palate of dark red fruit, smooth and everything integrated. A 91-92. The key with this one is what happened after another 2 hours of air. Fruit deepened, darkened and the wine gained complexity as well as weight. It really filled out. Easily 2-3+ points better by the end. The raspberry fruit became almost blackberry and very liqueur-like at that point. Would like to have seen what another hour or two would do here, but I finished it. I have one bottle left and will give it plenty of air, whenever I open it! These have plenty of years ahead of them. (1530 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 7/7/2023 & rated 94 points: Double decant, recorked and back into the cellar for 2 hrs. Corked pulled clean, almost like a young wine.
Fresh blackberries, blackberry compote, hint of blackberry jam, black cherry, cola, woody, but only a hint of cedar, pine forest, dried tobacco, pencil lead, juicy mid palate leading to a long finish. This was juicy but not tart. Robust aromas from the glass.
Minimal bricking around the edges of this black beauty with a touch of purple hue. Nice fine tannic backbone that carries everything along. Plenty of acid to age gracefully many more years. At 15 years old, this wine felt refined yet somewhat young, but a real treat to enjoy. For my palate, this was the right time to open, sadly my last. (816 views) | | | Tasted by barrytaylor on 8/21/2022 & rated 93 points: very nice, round, ready to drink, 1 hr of air, (1289 views) | | | Tasted by advinm41 on 11/11/2021 & rated 93 points: Bordeaux like Napa Cab, minimal decant, black and blue fruits, cherries, blueberries, licorice, cocoa on the nose. Palate is smooth, supple fruit, mouth coating, dusty polished tannins. Long finish. Delicious! (1495 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 11/28/2020 & rated 92 points: Took 90 min to open, smooth texture, graphite, pen ink, cool blue fruits, touch of forest. (2312 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 9/2/2020 & rated 91 points: From magnum, no decant. Elegant, red and purple fruits, dusty tannins, old world style. (1815 views) | | | Tasted by Redteeth on 6/7/2019: I was very pleased with this bottle/vintage. It was classic Napa Cab and in good shape. It has more life left but is in a great spot now. (2396 views) | | | Tasted by barrytaylor on 3/31/2019 & rated 93 points: Another great bot. Ready to drink (2044 views) | | | Tasted by barrytaylor on 2/26/2019 & rated 94 points: Ready to drink. very smooth, sweet tanins, still lots of fruit (1783 views) | | | Tasted by Badmonkey on 8/13/2018 & rated 92 points: Purple fruit - dark currants, dark cherry, and a little blackberry/blueberry. Smooth mid-palate, however, I expected a little bigger/fuller fruit in light of the 96 rating from WA - medium body. Nice flavors of dark berries, some spice, and a little mineral component. Decent finish but not overly long nor deep. Decanted for one hour and drank over a couple more. Not much improvement with time but appears to be at a nice drinking point. WA anticipated maturity 2018 to 2033 so maybe this vintage just needs some more time. Drank next to a 2015 Hall Jack's Masterpiece which was quite a bit better in my opinion - bigger/fuller fruit, longer/deeper finish, more character/fuller flavors, etc.. (3780 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 6/23/2018 & rated 93 points: Aged much better than I had guessed. Lots of character, plenty of structure. (1732 views) | | | Tasted by Redteeth on 2/10/2018: Double decanted this bottle and let it rest. A very nice example of mature Napa Cab. Very happy with this one. Seems to have plenty of life left in this vintage. (1384 views) | | | Tasted by domco on 9/7/2015: Needs more time or plenty of air... Was at least 2 hrs in the decanter before it really opened up. Surprisingly, felt a litttle boozy those first 2 hrs when checking in on it. Once that blew off and the wine opened up it was very solid. Mix of dark and red fruits, nice acidity. Very good but perhaps not thrilling... (3150 views) | | | Tasted by Stevethebeav on 6/21/2015 & rated 90 points: Decanted for two hours and had with filet mignon. This is a really well made wine in many respects. Wonderful floral nose and dark cherry and mineral flavors. texture is silky and coats the palate nicely. Tannins are refined and the finish is medium-long. It didn't, however, excite my whole palate. Many of the earthy tones lingered through the finish, but the fruit just never came alive. (2913 views) | | | Tasted by FlyPig on 4/4/2015 & rated 97 points: Wow. PnP, incredibly powerful nose of blueberry, vanilla, lead. Coats the mouth for a minute, soft but super structured. This is a world class cali cabernet. Would have liked to see how it developed with a few hours of air, but it did not last long enough to find out! (2993 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 10/13/2014 & rated 93 points: Lovely balance of maturing fruit and structure. Probably lacks the backbone for a long hold, makes sense to drink in next 5 years. (3151 views) | | | Tasted by Robert Pavlovich on 6/24/2012: Not sure what happened here, was either an off bottle or just way too young. Ton of green notes, high acids, not much fruit. Would like to try again in 10 years. (5933 views) | | | Tasted by cpeddy on 2/23/2012: Needs 5 hours to properly open. (4567 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 2/3/2012 & rated 94 points: Dunn Cabernets 1998-2008 (K&L Wines, Redwood City, California): Opaque red violet color; lovely, lifted, pencil lead, cassis, cedar nose; tight, tasty, tart cassis, cedar, cherry palate with good grip and sweet tannins; needs 8 years; medium-plus finish (reminiscent of a ripe, fine Pauillac) (2673 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162
(Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011)
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| Dunn Vineyards 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 SauvignonUSAAmerican 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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