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• talbot61 Likes this wine: 89 points

  December 24, 2023 - This is all about sweet blackberry fruit -- intense blackberry aroma that carries over to the flavor, with some chocolate and licorice. We had one bottle last year and the wine seems to have evolved a lot from then, less tannin, more ripeness. There's still some balance, but several at the table commented on the sweetness. To my taste, these will be best drunk soon.

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• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 7, 2022 - Third best for tonight, but no slouch. Slow ox'ed a couple of hours and enjoyed by all. The nose is just a touch reticent compared to the other two wines but it has the biggest, sweetest, juiciest fruit of the night....darker, blacker fruit than the others and also very well integrated overall, today. Not sure it gets any better from this point forward. My last bottle. Thanks to Agelvis for introducing me to this maker.

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• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 22, 2022 - Pnp'd into a decanter 3 hours before taking over to HMCs for dinner tonight. A shade darker garnet in the glass with less of a clear meniscus at glass edge compared to the '12 Anakota. Nose is of dark red/black fruit, with hints of sweet tobacco leaf, a little graphite and confectioner's sugar moving into florals, maybe gardenia? On entry, smooth, juicy dark red/black fruit, maybe a hint of orange rind on the back end. Right now does not feel as though it'll need even a two hour decant. Will check back in one hour.
  
  One hour of air......the florals and orange rind remain. Palate reveals almost perfect red/black fruit, seamless acidity and great weight. All things in balance. This one also going back into the bottle under cork in the wine cellar for 2 more hours before dinner.
  
  Two hours in before and during dinner and this wine is singing. Totally together, totally resolved and an excellent bottle. Fruit remains dark and sweet and other savory umami components compliment it exceptionally well with more airing out. Is there another point to be had? Maybe.

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• AGELVIS Likes this wine: 97 points

  March 31, 2022 - Two hour decant. Very deep dark magenta color. Blackberry jam, wild strawberry, vanilla caramel, walnut, and dried date on the nose. Super smooth, dry, voluptuous palate, with tongue blanketing acidity. Firm, full tannins on the long finish.

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• talbot61 Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 28, 2022 - 1st of 4 bottles, purchased from JJ Buckley: A complex and interesting wine -- when I first opened it, the wine seemed like the archetype of Napa cabernet, rich and smooth and intensely dark-fruited and oaky. After three hours in the decanter, a fair degree of acidity had emerged, and the wine seemed much more structured, with a strong graphite character. At the end of the evening, the last glassful smelled like an old Bordeaux, with a rich plumminess and some spice. The wine is certainly drinkable and enjoyable now, but it will improve with another two years or more in the cellar.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Jones Family
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 16 (3%)
• In Cellars 378 (70%)
• Consumed 146 (27%)

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