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• Stumptown Steve Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 27, 2024 - Anniversary wine. Has aged well, tannins integrated although the wood is a tad more prominent (still) that I might want. Not super complex, core cab fruit comes through, tasted over 4 days and was excellent each day.

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• JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  April 30, 2023 - Bottles in fine shape. Not saddled with the overextraction and torréfaction of a lot of bottles from the vintage. Overperfomed my expectations. Wish I had more bottles kicking around.

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• WetRock wrote:

  March 17, 2023 - One of the brett years. Its well integrated though. There is just sort of that mashed in sweaty sock and thing on the nose. It sticks out the most when opened and gradually folds in over time. The nose also features some still bright and ripe fruit. Like just passing out of primary into secondary. Hints of tomato behind raspberry, cedar and cassis. The palate is darker in fruit expression with some forest and mineral notes. It comes of a bit hollow with the ripeness of the vintage again rearing its head. But I gotta say this really integrates nicely overnight. The body fills out and the bretty integrates and this becomes another Forman that casts those Bordeaux shadows. I'd give this a vigorous decant at least an hour prior to consumption right now. It's showing more like 15 years old rather than 25. Last night I was just cool with it. Tonight I'm giddy.

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• vinojones wrote: 94 points

  September 18, 2022 - Garnet red, mild bricking; early minutes showing evolving spice, a little menthol,cranberry note; very smooth on the palate, dark plum flavor with menthol & spice notes, very full bodied, low tannin level making for a very smooth finish.

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• buckeye76 Likes this wine: 95 points

  August 7, 2022 - Slightly higher score than our last tasting five years years ago though similar notes. The 1997 Forman is drinking beautifully at 25 years old and though I don't think it will get any better, there is no rush to drink it now. if you have a well stored bottle, drink over the next three years or so. Still nice color in the bowl with loads of black fruits in the nose and flavor, blackberries, black currants and black cherries with hints of chocolate and licorice and some tobacco in the nose. An elegant wine, very well balanced and a long silky finish. As i wrote five years ago, this wine is much better than the "expert" ratings. They clearly did not see where this wine was going. Maybe even a higher score was merited. Delicious!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Forman
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Codes 006300000542, 863828000207

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