Community Tasting Notes 23

• Wine Canuck wrote: 93 points

  January 22, 2022 - Tasting with old (and one new) friends (Kitchener, Ontario): This pours medium garnet. The nose is evolved and complex showing old leather, dark dried cherry, old cedar, old furniture, a slight raisin note, a touch of coffee, and a slight nutty character. The palate is very silky in texture, no tannin remains with medium acid and much of the nose replayed on the finish. Great bottle if perhaps the ripeness a little high. The finish is very long, leathery and nutty.

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• surfnturf Likes this wine: 98 points

  May 17, 2021 - One of the finest wines I've ever enjoyed. This was purchased from the producer by a member a few years back and opened on the 11th with a 1991 counterpart of identical provenance.
  
  Cork in good shape, saturation up about halfway. Bottom of cork separated as it was coming out but retrieved with no disintegration.
  
  On the nose this is still vibrant and showing the old school red fruit Napa Valley style with just a hint of cherry tomato and aging oak dust hinting at its seniority.
  
  On the palate this is an ethereal wine, just a little more than light + body as this point but bringing a just barely still tart strawberry acid but showing all kinds of unique leather and toast notes.
  
  This is peaking right now and after 2 hours open started to round into a less concentrated version. Flirting with perfection and needs to be drunk within 3-5 years to see best results.

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• srh Likes this wine:

  January 17, 2021 - Wines GRACIOUSLY Shared by Friends (San Diego, CA): Cf. the CellarTracker Article link [lower lft] to get specific info for this vintage.
  
  Carefully decanted by the host
  
  N: FRAGRANT cherries, prob flowers, with hints of pyrazines
  
  P: Med body; RNDISH entry with very NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by just a TAD of astringency which stays in contact with the init frt as it SEAMLESSLY morphs into a VERY LONG finish with an enticing, bitter/swt choc aspect. Not even remotely tired (there was speculation it could have used > of a decant), I'd definitely want to put it with food as it showed quite well with Mashed Potatoes, Sauteed Mushrooms, & particularly the Sauteed Spinach. 12% ABV; My EXC+/Exceptional- (94-97/100, using that metric), & could well go another 6 or 7 yrs. 🙂

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• Millennial Drinkers wrote: 96 points

  December 1, 2018 - Drank from a magnum, thank you David!
  
  Medium garnet and brick red. Lush and layered nose with cedar, leather, animal nuances, and dried cherries. So well rounded and integrated tannins (6/10). Medium plus to full bodied. Killer palate with tons of leather, wood chips, cherries and some plums. Long and lingering finish with great acidity.

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• ONEFIVE Likes this wine:

  April 24, 2018 - Browning edge, brick core.
  Still some beautiful red fruit on the nose. A touch of cassis/cherry liquer. Old leather and touch of veggie earthiness.
  Seamless on the palate, although lacking some body. Really not anything negative about this. It’s drinking incredibly well for its age. Delicious.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1974
• Type Red
• Producer Charles Krug Winery (Peter Mondavi Family)
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Lot F1 Vintage Selection
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 77 (52%)
• Consumed 67 (46%)

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