Community Tasting Notes 27

• Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 5, 2023 - Dark ruby in color with a short brick rim.
  
  Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
  
  Dry and fruit forward on the palate with nice complexity.
  
  Showing blackberries, black currants, plums, cedar, tobacco leaf, vanilla, licorice, spices, vinaigrette, eucalyptus, wet leaves, herbs and black pepper.
  
  Medium finish with soft tannins and raspberries.
  
  This 29 year old is still drinking nicely now, but past it's peak. Still showing lots of fruits at this age.
  
  I did not decant it, and let it open in the bottle. Needs 90 minutes to open up properly.
  
  Rich and fruit forward with a soft mouthfeel. Delicious and elegant.
  
  Good by itself as a sipping wine. Nice to drink these kind of older wines.
  
  A blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Aged in new French oak barrels for 24 months.
  
  14.1% alcohol by volume.
  
  93 points.
  
  $225 (current vintage).

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• Eugenedinapoli Likes this wine:

  December 22, 2022 - last of my early 90s Rubicons. after a one hour decant, it was singing. Velvet mouthfeel, soft, smokey, with ripe fruits and a lot of complexity but a little short on the finish. Started to fade after a couple of hours and was passed in the backstiretch by the 2002 LVB. still quite a showing.

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• Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 10, 2021 - Dinner at Jims - An open that bottle night: Also pushing or past the window for drinking, this came across as a really nice claret, good weight and complex. Very resolved and very smooth. Good color and depth but very developed. I wished that I had opened it 3-4 years prior

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• JonnyG Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 17, 2020 - Bordeaux Night with a Wonderful Mix of Friends New and Old (A suitably spaced tasting room in Los Olivos, CA): Another big "outperformer" on this lucky night. The cork was so pristine I thought it must be a late release, which was not the case. In prime form, with earthy red fruit, a touch dusty, and some herbal notes.

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• Gr8penut Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 25, 2019 - Great nose and finish!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer Niebaum-Coppola
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Rubicon
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford
• UPC Code 739958971208

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• In Cellars 292 (59%)
• Consumed 204 (41%)

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