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Red
2012 Outpost Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Howell Mountain
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Community Tasting Notes 74
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ogres3 Likes this wine: 94 points
March 3, 2024 - These are just pure deliciousness. Not sure one can ask more from a Napa cab (so why not a 99?). Best of 8 wines at a tasting.
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hanasowner wrote: 94 points
February 16, 2024 - Slow O for 30-40 minutes...dark purple...dark fruit on the nose and palate...still some tannins that paired well with NY Strip...finish is fading a bit...suggest drinking up in the next 2-3 years.
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DCSteve Likes this wine: 96 points
December 24, 2023 - Drinking really well. Pop ‘n Pour for Xmas dinner. Served with (and really complimented) horseradish encrusted tenderloin. Nice long finish. Still plenty of life left - years.
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rustyRudy Likes this wine: 97 points
April 23, 2023 - Packed with dark fruit and cherry juice, tart, in a really nice place with soft tannins and bright fruit
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peterk Likes this wine:
January 15, 2023 - This is so... well, Howell Mountain. Pronounced tannin that slides into the dark, delicious fruit and then just carries on and an
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By Antonio Galloni
New Releases from Napa Valley: 2012 and 2013 (Dec 2014), 10/1/2014 (link)(Outpost Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174 (link)(Outpost Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: Terroir Matters - Updated (Nov 2013) (link)(Outpost Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Outpost
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Howell Mountain
- UPC Code 000004335313
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (0%)
- In Cellars 941 (46%)
- Consumed 1,103 (54%)
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- ProducerOutpost
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationHowell Mountain
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