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• brigcampbell wrote:

  September 7, 2023 - Blind: Guess this was Napa cab in probably a 2011.
  
  Why did this show well, classic cassis, dark and brooding, and a significant iron note. Extremely enjoyable wine to drink.

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• Frank Murray III wrote:

  September 7, 2023 - Bookclub--All Wines Tasted Blind (Foretti's in Corona Del Mar): Man, this stuff is just awesome. And this is coming from a place in my drinking journey where thinking of having Napa Cab is just not my thing anymore. Thankfully, this was served blind so I had to judge what was here. Dark, chewy and dense with an irony feel when first poured. Inky, charcoal and mineral with great structure and just medium weight (at least to me). Power with balance is what my notes say with an irony finish, and a wine that is gonna age for a long time. But, at 10 years now from vintage, this is one of the very best Cabs I have had in a very long time. Bravo.

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• Red Sox Fan Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 11, 2022 - After a one hour decant, raw and lacking in the middle. Much more round and full after another hour and continued to improve through two episodes of Only Murders in the Building.

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• jeagle wrote: 92 points

  August 11, 2022 - Decanted for two hours then returned to the bottle. I understand that this vintage was heralded by wine critics and maybe it will prove itself in years to come, but I do not think I have had a 2013 yet that has really impressed me. This bottle was well made but it did not feel together on night one nor night two although night one was better. Unnuanced big mountain fruit, pretty straight forward.

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• vanpe003 wrote: 91 points

  January 29, 2022 - I guess my tastes have changed, or maybe my bottle just isn't "all that". I'm clearly the outlier here. 9 years after vintage, this still seems quite linear and I can't see hints of a more elegant maturation. Good for what it is, and enjoyable. But wouldn't be paying the freight to reload the cellar. I'll go 90ish points, give or take. That doesn't translate to $125 / bottle for me. I would summarize as "enjoyable wine, happy to serve it to friends, poor QPR".

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• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Outpost
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard True Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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