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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - 100% cabernet sauvignon from the famed Mondavi Oakville To Kalon vineyards. Highly recommend, drinking superbly and at or perhaps just slightly past peak. Virtually indistinguishable from a high end L bank bdx except maybe a bit rounder and fuller bodied. Had at our wine club tasting that Kim & I hosted 7/19/22 in Hickory NC at restaurant BOCA in a flight with 3 other high end '95 CA cabernet dominant wines. Drink or hold but don't hold too much longer - time to drink up remaining holdings in the next 2-3 years. We recently obtained 2 of these bottles as part of a much larger cellar contents purchase. Reddish purple, peripheral bricking present, surprisingly opaque, fully integrated, soft mouth feel, medium+ bodied, well integrated soft oak & soft tannins still detectable with a good fruit core present and surprisingly fruit forward at this stage. Lovely long lingering aftertaste. Nose soft, dark and complex with plum, black cherry, licorice, cedar and smoke. Flavor profile up front of dark stone fruit, cassis and blueberry followed by more spicy 2nd flavors of cedar, licorice, black tea, graphite and cigar box. A truly amazing cabernet which speaks to the quality with which this terroir pairs with these specific cab sauv clones.

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