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Community Tasting Notes 30
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jlgnml Likes this wine: 96 points
December 2, 2021 - Stunning color, aromatic nose, lots of depth on the palate. Long finish. Buy/drink
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mxpbuy Likes this wine: 97 points
August 14, 2021 - 2+ hours decant and it got better thereafter. Young, powerful, nearly jammy blackberries, boysenberries, black cherry, with mocha and tobacco notes. Sweet vanilla Oak. Smooth but still thick tannins. Eucalyptus at the long finish. The wine just kept going and going. At first the alcohol was going to take it down a point for me, but it started resolve itself. A must wine to revisit in 5 years.
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jimyeni wrote: 93 points
April 4, 2021 - Quite a bit of bricking on this bottle. Layered with fruit and tertiary flavors coming through. Was a bit tired, for my palate I would drink now. Very complex and well balanced. 2 hour decant.
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OrthoPrez Likes this wine:
January 30, 2021 - Super extracted fruit bomb but with great balance and good complexity. I am an old world guy who sometimes dabbles in Napa and I really enjoyed this as a well made typical high end Napa cab. It needed an hour in the decanter before it showed well - IMO some of the criticisms of this wine are resolved with time and air and serving it at about 65F. This should last many more years.
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Larslatour wrote: 94 points
July 27, 2020 - Big, fruity, generous wine.
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By Antonio Galloni
BOND: A Complete Retrospective (Nov 2017), 11/1/2017 (link)(Bond St. Eden Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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A Bond Extravaganza (Jun 2017), 6/17/2017 (link)(Bond St. Eden Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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Vintage Retrospective: 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (May 2016), 5/1/2016 (link)(Bond St. Eden Napa) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2010, Issue #29, In Search of California’s New and Old Schools of Terroir(St. Eden- Bond Estates) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132 (link)(Bond St. Eden Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer BOND
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation St. Eden
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 34 (2%)
- In Cellars 1,075 (63%)
- Consumed 587 (35%)
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- ProducerBOND
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley