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• smoothjazz Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 11, 2024 - Outstanding wine still after 36 years; opened with a three hour decant and returned to the bottle and taken to the monthly Wine Group tasting. It was really appreciated by the group many which do not have Napa Cabs this old in their cellars. It stood up well with other high end Napa Cabs.

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• alittle wrote: 95 points

  July 26, 2023 - Textbook example of the better side of California Cabernet. Sitting comfortable at or near its apogee, but should hold for quite some time.

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• Wine Canuck wrote: 93 points

  July 26, 2023 - A few epic bottles in July: This pours deep ruby in the glass, with light bricking. The initial impression is this is quite deep, rich and ripe. The nose shows blackberry, cassis, brown sugar, kirsch, graphite, lead pencil, celery seed, black licorice, and espresso. The palate is very deep and rich, loaded with blackberry, cassis, showing buried medium minus tannin and medium acid. The finish comes across quite tarry with an aniseed character. I found this almost a tad too dark and ripe, lacking the breadth and complexity of my favourite Dominus. Worth noting that the two other experienced tasters I drank this with liked this significantly more than me.

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• rnellans wrote: 92 points

  February 12, 2023 - Cassis, raspberry, and spices. The palate is full bodied and nice texture with plush tannins, Soft. Less complex. Tough competition with 89 Lynch Bages and 89 Pichon Lelande.

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• rocknroller wrote: 97 points

  February 9, 2023 - Going Up The Country: Suburban Bliss & Wines to Match (Craig & Nita's Place): Very dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over 2 plus hours. This was truly impressive as well. The pedigree is clear when a wine of this age just keeps getting better and better in the glass. Its been about 5 years since I last had this, and this bottle was truly memorable. This so my kind of nose, filled with seductive pencil and fine tobacco notes, cassis, smoke, crushed violets, black raspberry, and wood spices. The palate is full bodied and perfectly textured with plush interwoven tannins, tobacco, pencil, cassis and dark black and blue berries, gravel, scorched earth, and amzing length. Simply gorgeous, served next to an impressive '05 that has all the earmarks of becoming what the '87 is down the road - maybe even better. Thanks to Candie for shopping at the impressive Siggy's Wine Emporium. 96+ to 97pts.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1987
• Type Red
• Producer Dominus
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Estate
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Codes 636595196752, 636595199753, 636595212759

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• Pending Delivery 6 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,242 (59%)
• Consumed 864 (41%)

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