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2016 Ashes & Diamonds Cabernet Sauvignon Mountain Cuvée No. 3 Bates Ranch
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Santa Cruz Mountains
Label borrowed from 2018
Label borrowed from 2018
Label borrowed from 2018
Label borrowed from 2018
Community Tasting Notes 3
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Madera16 Likes this wine:
January 22, 2022 - Delicious with some old world character, some bell pepper. Still very young and will improve.
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5laton wrote:
December 17, 2020 - Rather primary and fruity at this stage, not yet showing that typical SCM savory bay leaf character that I love. Impressively light, ethereal weight though. Showing promise.
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Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 points
November 11, 2020 - I'm surprised there isn't more buzz going around about this project. I guess if you're in California and you want anyone to pay attention to you, you need tacky packaging and a waiting list. No such tacky packaging here as the minimalist label could pass for one of the store products in Repo Man. But this wine deserves more attention since we're talking about one of the great CA vineyards with a decades-long track record for producing ageable cabernets of real distinction, and the winemaker here is Diana Snowden Seysses, who oughta know a thing or two about making wine. This has very pure blackberry/black cherry fruit on both nose and palate and whatever oak it received is fully absorbed; with air it reveals some rusty red earth that's very Santa Cruz. But the real draw here is the figure and texture. Cabernet is rarely this svelte (sometimes the Comtesse can pull it off), and the tannins are pure silk. It's put together in that perfectly tailored manner like a suit you can tell from a glance is custom-fitted and not merely a fancy brand off the rack. And the fabric is light enough to wear in summer.
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Napa Valley’s Extraordinary 2016 Cabernets (Dec 2018), 12/1/2018 (link)(Ashes & Diamonds Bates Ranch Mountain No. 1 Central Coast Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Ashes & Diamonds
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Mountain Cuvée No. 3
- Vineyard Bates Ranch
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
- Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 107 (69%)
- Consumed 49 (31%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- RegionCalifornia
- AppellationSanta Cruz Mountains
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