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• Tym4wine Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 17, 2023 - Nice floral aroma. Dark black fruit. Perfect acidity with rounded tannins. Very nice with a long finish.

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• Racer117 Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 2, 2023 - A great showing from the get go with a bit of improvement over about 2 hours. Elegant ripe red and dark fruit, hint of earth and leather, great texture. Med+ body with good acidity and tannins in the background.

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• mflesh wrote: 94 points

  September 19, 2022 - Opened and followed over the course of about 4 hours. Initially, this one had a little bit of mushroom on the nose with a little bit of wet cardboard, and a rusty quality about the pour. The cork had been invaded about 3/4 of the way, but was not completely saturated. There was no noticeable malodorous quality about the cork. Significant dark purple and maroon tartrate. Initially, the fruit that broke through was toasted dates and figs. After 1 hour, black cherry notes started to emerge. The toasted figs and dates were still very much there. The middle started getting a little bit of sweetness, and the finish had a gritty, dusty resolving tannin with softer qualities and some black pepper. I can definitely imagine the tannin on this was much stiffer not more than 10 years ago. And, on a whole, I do feel like this one is starting is decent from the top of the curve. This one was probably a little more balanced and youthful two or three years ago, but still extremely enjoyable in its own right at this point in time. Definitely a little hint of tertiary notes, and even more glad I decided to open this and enjoy it tonight. Really no better time in my opinion! A very nicely, well-made wine approaching almost 20 years of age.

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• vpoms wrote: 89 points

  December 2, 2018 - Clear Medium Ruby, Clean nose of medium plus intensity of cooked black fruit, black cherry, coconut, leather, meat, wet stone. The wine is fully developed. On the palate, it is dry, with medium acidity, medium plus soft, tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, medium plus flavor intensity of prunes,vanilla, leather, coconut. The finish is medium. Very good, wine, drink now, can be aged further, but I think that it is at its peak.

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• cab blends Does not like this wine: 87 points

  January 19, 2018 - This was unusual and not what I expected at all.
  
  Initially a green onion nose which I have never had on a wine before and this was very off putting. It improved with time and my score reflects the improved wine.
  
  Body was medium but finish was shortish. I expected a lot more from this wine. B7 T7.5

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Pine Ridge Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford
• UPC Code 000579000067

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• In Cellars 463 (37%)
• Consumed 775 (63%)

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