The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Tasted Saturday, April 18, 2015 by Millennial Drinkers with 887 views
Bouncing around the room tasting some surprises and futures of a few estates
93+
Could see this way out doing the cabernet, sweet and needs air
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92+
Very young would love to try this in 5 or so years
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95+
besides bevans, one of my favorites of the day, lots of cassis but needs to smooth out and open up
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93+
Splendid, fruit forward, so smooth, need me some more
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90-92
prefered this slightly to the 2013 not sure why
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89-91
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91-93+
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92-94
For some reason I prefered the 12s to the 13s for Blackbird
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97+
First year Russell has made this, it was a pleasure to taste, 2/3 Petit Verdot and 1/3 Merlot, absolutely loved this
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Too die for it was incredible
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88-90
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89-91+
Smoother and lighter than the petaluma
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96-98+
full of even more potential, full of fruit and tannins
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94-96+
Love all of the Bevan reds
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96-98
Love it
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91+
Insanely fruity, caramel and vanilla, would love to try all the hourglasses in a few years again
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92+
Smooth tannins
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93+
Smells like more alcohol than the blueline cabernet, straight cabernet
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89+
smooth, might do better with more time
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88+
fruiter than the 2012 but needs time very youthful
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91-93
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89-91
smelt grass, burnt wood, green peppers and tannins
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87-89
slight pepper, overall was a tad bland, fruit with sweet note
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87-89
Insanely light in color, light ruby, smell roses and strawberry or cherry soda
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88-90
a little too sweet for me, too much vanilla
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91-93
Completely outshined the regular cab, was a treat
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88-90
Not sure why but was kind of expecting more
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86-88
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90-92
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89-91
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91-93
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A little disappointed that I missed a few. Will work on my planning for next year
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2010 Arns Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Napa Valley 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
91-93+
Cassis, smooth palate, decanted for three hours, a lot smoother than 2013
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2013 Arns Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Napa Valley 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
90+
punchy tannins, a lot harsher than 2010, needs more air, nose of caramel and vanilla
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2009 Axios Cabernet Sauvignon 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
92-94
Classic, perfect tannins, nice bright ruby colors, raspberries
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2012 Axios Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
89 - 91+
lots of potential, youthful
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2013 Fontanella Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder
91+
needs to mellow out, full bodied, cassis, vanilla, caramel, needs more air
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2013 Fontanella Family Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
94+
Tannins smooth out, dark chocolate, would be great with some hearty meat.
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