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1986 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Howell Mountain
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Community Tasting Notes 96
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MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
January 13, 2024 - Timuquana BYO (TCC): Just rocking. Absolutely love these wines and this was no diffferent. It’s leather and fruit and great vibrancy and style. Drinking really well. There’s still the new world fruit but such very nice balance and style to it. I’m enjoying it a lot.
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oldwines Likes this wine: 95 points
December 31, 2023 - Perfectly mature almost 48 year old wine with no real adverse signs of age. Bright ruby garnet color. More red fruited than black. Old school in the most wonderful ways. Light texture yet very dense with flavor. Great with both duck leg and breast. Very long finish. Delicious!
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winelover1986 Likes this wine:
April 1, 2023 - This was still excellent. Classic. Leather/tobacco aromas. Medium-full body. Balanced and intense and very tasty.
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Gcole42 wrote:
March 26, 2023 - Perfect Bottle, and cork, I was sleep good with excellent acidity, not at all over the hill, great cabernet es, amazing freshness for age. Nose resembled aged Bordeaux but also distinctly Napa
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mowtod wrote: flawed
March 23, 2023 - Notes of acetone on nose . Cork broken on removal . Suspect well past prime but will try another bottle.
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By Richard Jennings
9/18/2008 (link) 83 points(Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Group's #5 (my #7) – 51 pts; 2, 2, 0, 2 – Dark red violet color; odd, narrow, dank, earthy and VA nose, with a little mercaptan, possibly faulty; pinched, muted berry palate with fine grained tannins, chlorine and a sense of char; medium finish
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By Richard Jennings
2/25/2004 (link) 77 points(Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Twenty 1986 Cabernet Sauvignons Blindtasted: Group's #19 (my #17) 239 pts. - 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 - very tight, minimal nose; unpleasant, odd, with little fruit; short cliff finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1986
- Type Red
- Producer Dunn Vineyards
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Howell Mountain
- UPC Codes 400007092044, 725011257273
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 7 (0%)
- In Cellars 873 (62%)
- Consumed 533 (38%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
96% Like It 27 votes
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- ProducerDunn Vineyards
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationHowell Mountain
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