Community Tasting Notes 10

• JERB Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 25, 2023 - Last tasted this vintage 2 years ago. Those two years have been good to this wine. The wine was poured into a decanter through an aerator funnel. It did not sit in the decanter for very long before we started drinking it. It offered what I think to be typical Napa Valley nose, though significantly more refined than the mass market Napa Valley cabs. The nose invites you to linger a bit before taking your first sip. Once you taste it it you get leather, black cherries, red fruits, a whiff of green pepper and some cedar. Very nicely integrated flavors. Great finish to this wine.
  
  @Angel Lupercio suggested in his TN from 4/1/20 that this wine is not suitable for further aging. I have tor respectfully disagree. This wine continues to improve. It is more balanced now than when I last tasted it in 2021 and the flavors have become richer, more nuanced.
  
  I continue to find Mark Neal's wines to be excellent values! Very good wine at reasonable price points.

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• timbobwhite wrote: 92 points

  August 14, 2023 - Decanted 2 hours, returned to bottle and re-corked for dinner later. In an excellent place now. Fine nose of dark red fruit. Great flavor and balance with an edge of tannin remaining. In a good place to drink now or for some years to come.

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• EdKz@comcast.net Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 2, 2022 - deep ruby, mild aromas of cassis, dark red berry flavors, mild acid, resolved tannins, medium finish, drink now or soon

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• Moorsie wrote: 90 points

  August 14, 2022 - Did not decant, opened nicely over an hour or so, drank well. However, the last glass, about 2.5 hrs after opening, saw a noticeable dropoff of the fruit, and a more herbal and somewhat bitter finish. Basically the fruit seemed to die a bit. Might be a bit past its prime, or at least this bottle was.

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• danscellar wrote: 92 points

  June 28, 2022 - Very nice Cab from Mark Neal! Great color, nice structure with good layers of complexity. Enjoy! Way to go Mark!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Neal Family Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Codes 000002929101, 000003115589

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• Pending Delivery 9 (1%)
• In Cellars 278 (32%)
• Consumed 593 (67%)

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