Community Tasting Note
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mflesh wrote: 92 points
September 18, 2012 - Solid wine. Uncorked with a nice dark stain on the extremely tight cork! (thought this one was going to break). 80% of this bottle was consumed pop and pour - the remaining 20 percent sat for about 90 minutes in the bottle. First impression - black, inky nose, restrained fruit. Nose in the glass was really about the same. On the palate however, was a bit different. The palate was all about the dark, black currant mountain fruit. Now, this is nice, but the Pritchard Hill Estate Cab is about a million times more dense. There was a light vanilla front that blew off to black currant, some mocha in the mid-palate, but this is all about the mountain fruit. Finished with a tannic backbone that was softer than I anticipated at this 2008 age. Really a very nice wine. If I could afford to drink this every night, it would be the go to. Nice full bodied Signature Cab from Chappellet.
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