Community Tasting Notes 13

• HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  February 7, 2017 - Popped an hour before serving.
  
  Fully mature, dark garnet in color with a small amount of bricking around the edges; aromas of crushed black berries and pomegranate seeds, muddled sage, vanilla, warm oak, and wet coffee grounds. The wine smells wonderful- and evolved quite a bit over the time we drank it. It gradually became a bit more open and opulent, leaning towards the sappy-sweet side of things.
  
  In the mouth, the wine if full bodied, and mouth filling all around. Bright, sappy red and black fruits, coat the mouth with earthy- dusty tannins balancing the finish. Secondary flavors of cedar and graphite- make the wine feel almost Bordeaux-like, but there is just way to much ripe fruit and opulence in this wine- but a good effort noetheless.
  
  I'd say drink up now.

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• Janstan Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 2, 2016 - Still fresh, dark fruit

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• steinbrl12 wrote: 90 points

  April 15, 2011 - Classic Napa cab. Good fruit, med. body and fully mature

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• PIntag wrote: 90 points

  October 30, 2010 - Merryvale Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Vertical Blind Tasting (5th Street Dinner Club): Tasted single blind in a Merryvale vertical. A little bit cloudy with some slight bricking. Heavy eucalyptus dominates the nose. A slight medicinal character was also apparent. On the palate, a nice beam of spicy and tart red fruit. Good acidity with some noticeable tannins. Medium length finish but seems to lose focus. I incorrectly guessed that this was the 1999. My #4 of the flight and the group's #1.

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• S. Lorin wrote: 93 points

  September 4, 2010 - drinking perfectly with layers of flavors ranging from cherry, raspberry, earthy tones and cedar complemented by lots of acidity. a good example of a well aged cabernet - drink up and enjoy.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Merryvale
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 51 (46%)
• Consumed 59 (54%)

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