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• davidandrose Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 20, 2024 - About 2 hrs after decanting theres a blend of dark red fruits, flowers and evergreen trees after a rainstorm on the nose. As noted in prior tastings, this is smooth, sweet and relatively light across the palate.
  
  Although it took 30 minutes to open up and soften it's rough edges, this paired very well with tonight's chicken breast in a brandy/shallot reduction; It would also go very well with many seafood dishes, but I sense it's a tad sweet for moo-cow.
  
  Easy to drink on its own or with softer foods as noted, this isnan easy crowd-pleaser and a reasonable QPR

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• Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 31, 2024 - Big fruit wine. Could have decanted for an hour longer to mellow this wine out. Still has a few years left int he tank. Cheers

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• Yack Man Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 8, 2024 - This wine is in a good spot, drinking nicely at this point. Dark crimson color with a sweet candy like nose. On the palate, dark cherry and berry fruits with some acidity. 92+/93 Points.

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• Yack Man Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 10, 2024 - 2018 is a vintage that was overhyped, maybe overrated by my estimation. Obviously that can’t be said for all of the 2018 Cabs, I have tried some good ones. The barrel samples that I tasted were very compelling. However, after bottling, a good number of them shut down, went into a dumb phase and failed to deliver the almost instant gratification experienced with some previous vintages. That was the case with a 2018 Scarlett in my opinion. As stated in a previous note, this wine is on a path to improvement. Although good, this bottle is still showing tight, suppressed, slightly tart and acidic. Nice fruit, intense dark ruby red garnet trending to a slightly purple color. Dark cherry slightly tart, dark red berries, currants and tobacco. Good now but better with extended decanting. Clearly, this one requires more cellaring like many of the 2018 Cabs. But 2018 Scarlett is slowly emerging into a good wine that’s on an improving course. 92+/93 points.

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• davidandrose Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 31, 2023 - 2 hr decant. Not much to add to my last round of notes. Nose is like walking through late spring gardens. Great balance makes this extremely approachable, and very easy to pair with poultry or fish, though capable of standing up to beef.
  
  I'd expect this could age another 5-7 years, but w the air provided its singing.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Scarlett Wines
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford
• UPC Codes 000000141451, 452371867506, 860004457800

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• Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
• In Cellars 514 (61%)
• Consumed 327 (39%)

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