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• Labrador Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 12, 2019 - Sadly, this was my last bottle, but it was really good. It just goes to prove that the great CA cabs reward patience. With its aromatics and taste of bright red fruit, this wine held up throughout an early dinner and into the Saturday night festivities - Notre Dame defeating usc .... again. It showed on bit of dryness at the end of the bottle.
  A great wine and a great victory!

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• danielbleier Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 11, 2014 - Chappellet Retrospective at TexSom: Bright, firm plum flavors - balanced with notes of tobacco and cedar

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• bajayngo wrote:

  April 23, 2011 - What a great bottle of wine! This is what I look for in an aged cab. Beautiful sour cherry & high toned red fruits, integrated spicy mature oak throwing notes of green olives and jalapeno's, tannins still kickin on the back end but very integrated. Slight mint and earth too. Great bottle.

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• JFish wrote:

  May 14, 2010 - TN from memory. Last bottle, found hidden. Fruit seemed a bit ripe and almost port-y at first. Decanted for an hour. Very nice, mature cab. Some leather, red currants, tannins nearly completely resolved. It held up for a few hours in the decanter until it was drained. If I had more I would drink in the near term.

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• JFish wrote:

  October 3, 2008 - Paired with grilled tri-tip. Leather and soy, red currants on the palate. A bit of tannin and acidity give it structure. I would guess just past prime and will drink my remaining bottle this winter.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1991
• Type Red
• Producer Chappellet
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Signature
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 35 (61%)
• Consumed 22 (39%)

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