Dark ruby from core to edge. No signs of age. Lifted. Room filling bouquet of dark fruits, hard candy, baking spices, black pepper, cigar box. Mouth coating plush silky mouthfeel, yet not overly weighty on the mid palate. This is beautiful. Powerful yet restrained and elegant. Classic napa in style yet big mountain fruit. No signs of the big alcohol. Everything is just perfectly integrated and balanced. Long finish. Drank over several hours, tired out over time. Good amount of sediment. Dark berries, vanilla, black currants, blackberries, earthy undertones, some sweetness. Just a beautiful wine.
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Red fruited nose with a touch of heat. Very even palate without much weight or richness. Definitely in a classic style. There's not much in the way of density or depth left here and very little tannin. Mostly fruit flavored though there was some cigar ash, charcoal type notes on the finish with air. A solid classic Cali Cab but one that should be drank sooner than later. Not the best vintage for this producer but the type of wine you just can't find much of from Napa these days.
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Deep dark red center, red rim with signs of age. Sweet, creamy, brambles, black currants, black cherry jam, light stalkiness, touch of cola. Smooth, rich but restrained, blackberries and red currants, dust, pyrazine, long herby curranty finish. Drinking very well now, excellent mountain cab.
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Deep dark center, red rim with surprisingly little signs of age. Sweet cassis, a little toasty, dried plums, a bright cherry note. Smooth and complex, blackberries and blackcurrant, some plums, good tannin and acidity, mouth coating rich fruit, some blood and iron, vinous, a little green, dried undergrowth, long taut finish. Great Forman cab. Mixture of new and old world. Drinking well now, but has the legs for a few more years.
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The last of three bottles bought at the winery a few years back. Forman is a California cult wine without the cult prices. This bottle was classic. Deep dark cherry bouquet. Round and supple. A hint of flat cola on the finish. Could drink well another 3-5 years.
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Dark raspberry red color. Initially on the nose bing cherry and saddle leather. Over time darker fruits emerge. The wine has good acidity and structure to go along with blackberries and dark cherries on the palate. Finish is smooth with a tart ending.
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Sampled 11/22/11. Beautiful overripe black cherry notes appear up front but are largely swallowed up by weeds at mid palate. And by the finish the wine continues its downward trend toward some astringent notes. Definitely not a great year for Forman Cab.
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- Garnet color with slow forming legs and aromas of black currant, chocolate, black pepper and vanilla. It's balanced and has flavours of cherry, chocolate and black currant with a medium/full body. Satin-Like texture with a long finish - Beautiful ruby color with only slight fading at edge. Bouquet is full of gorgeous dark fruit like plums and black currant, with notes of chocolate and spice/black pepper. The mouthfeel is a medium to full bodied wine with sweet, dark cassis fruit, a slight hotness, and a finish that lasts 30+ seconds. The tannins are pleasantly "dusty" and the finish is overall soft and lush. A gorgeous effort that should go 3-4 more years. I love Forman!
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Sampled 1/21/11. A tough year for Napa, but Ric managed to salvage a pretty good wine from it. Bought at the winery on a random visit with Ric. The wine's color is a nice rich old mine garnet. The wine has nice vanilla notes mixed in with blackberries, black currant and some leather and tobacco. Nothing green like so many '03s, but there were a few astringent notes and the tannins still have a little chunkiness to them. Not sure if this wine will improve much if at all, but it will certainly hold for another 4+ years, so I'll wait on my others.
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OMG; wow!!!!! decanted 2 hours b4 going to dinner @ seasons 52 @ boca; the bouquet filled the area around the table so much that our server was taken in by the same; the nose was almost hedonistic; great backbone to this well rounded & elegant cabernet; wine is now probably its peak; drink up; delicious w/grilled venison chop
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Outstanding bottle of wine. Decanted for 2 hours prior to serving. No formal notes, but definitely has lots of time left, went great with beef and has a definite dusty quality to it. I won't open my other bottle for a couple more years.
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Outstanding wine, although probably still on the early side. Opened and let breath for 1 hour, decanting would have been a good option as well. Big, bold wine, not minerally. Complex fruit.
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Yum! This is one of the 03 Napa vintages that is an exception, nose of smoky black fruits, cedar and a touch of black licorice. The wine opened up beautifully in the decanter and had a very long clean complex finish with a touch of spice.
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This wine will evolve wonderfully over time. It took three hours of decanting before the wine began to open-up. Wonderful dark fruits with leather and tobacco. Lingering palate that teased the tongue with silky tannins.
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Boulder Ridge CC Member Tasting Event (Boulder Ridge CC, NW Suburbs, Chicago): Elegantly styled cab. Aromas/flavors of plum, black cherry, currant, blackberry and violet. Soft, silky tannins that provide a sweet, lingering finish. Drinking great now but should develop even more complexity with a couple more years of age. TOP 5 WOTN.
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gorgeous cab nose, deep purple, rich dark fruits on the attack, balanced, supple, textured tannins, rather long licorice and chocolate finish. Perhaps lacking a little structure. Delicious. Did not decant.
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Earthy nose with black cherry, currant and some cedar notes. Flavors of dark fruits and currants. Fruit forward wine that was a really fun bottle to share. Really nice velvety mouthfeel, and a pretty long finish.
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Tasted unblinded at the Vintage Wines, Ltd. wine bar. Bright disc. Deep purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, dominated by vanilla and black fruit. Full-bodied but flabby on the palate, with virtually no acid, medium soft tannins and oak-dominated flavors. There is virtually no structure to this wine and I would not recommend it. Considering the producer, it is a major disappointment. This was also the consensus of the tasting group.
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2/12/2022 - azwino wrote:
Excellent mature cabernet.
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5/28/2020 - azwino wrote:
Great aroma and flavor. Decanted for about 1 hour, which was likely more than needed. Drink at cellar temp, gets muted as it warmed up.
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11/30/2019 - azwino wrote:
Delicious! Aromas of dark fruit, with leather and earth on the palate. Long finish, well integrated.
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9/27/2019 - rockymountaindad Likes this wine:
With friends
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12/24/2018 - EEK Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice tannins, well rounded,balanced
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10/22/2016 - JKelly05 Likes this wine:
Dark ruby from core to edge. No signs of age.
Lifted. Room filling bouquet of dark fruits, hard candy, baking spices, black pepper, cigar box.
Mouth coating plush silky mouthfeel, yet not overly weighty on the mid palate. This is beautiful. Powerful yet restrained and elegant. Classic napa in style yet big mountain fruit. No signs of the big alcohol. Everything is just perfectly integrated and balanced. Long finish.
Drank over several hours, tired out over time. Good amount of sediment.
Dark berries, vanilla, black currants, blackberries, earthy undertones, some sweetness. Just a beautiful wine.
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3/25/2016 - WetRock wrote:
Red fruited nose with a touch of heat. Very even palate without much weight or richness. Definitely in a classic style. There's not much in the way of density or depth left here and very little tannin. Mostly fruit flavored though there was some cigar ash, charcoal type notes on the finish with air. A solid classic Cali Cab but one that should be drank sooner than later. Not the best vintage for this producer but the type of wine you just can't find much of from Napa these days.
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9/20/2015 - pauljenson wrote: 88 Points
Definitely on its last leg. Drink soon or forever hold your peace!
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1/23/2015 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep dark red center, red rim with signs of age.
Sweet, creamy, brambles, black currants, black cherry jam, light stalkiness, touch of cola.
Smooth, rich but restrained, blackberries and red currants, dust, pyrazine, long herby curranty finish.
Drinking very well now, excellent mountain cab.
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11/22/2014 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep dark center, red rim with surprisingly little signs of age.
Sweet cassis, a little toasty, dried plums, a bright cherry note.
Smooth and complex, blackberries and blackcurrant, some plums, good tannin and acidity, mouth coating rich fruit, some blood and iron, vinous, a little green, dried undergrowth, long taut finish.
Great Forman cab. Mixture of new and old world. Drinking well now, but has the legs for a few more years.
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2/28/2014 - pepmi wrote: 90 Points
The last of three bottles bought at the winery a few years back. Forman is a California cult wine without the cult prices. This bottle was classic. Deep dark cherry bouquet. Round and supple. A hint of flat cola on the finish. Could drink well another 3-5 years.
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3/25/2013 - astrauss wrote: 87 Points
Dark raspberry red color. Initially on the nose bing cherry and saddle leather. Over time darker fruits emerge. The wine has good acidity and structure to go along with blackberries and dark cherries on the palate. Finish is smooth with a tart ending.
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11/23/2011 - mxpbuy wrote: 88 Points
Sampled 11/22/11. Beautiful overripe black cherry notes appear up front but are largely swallowed up by weeds at mid palate. And by the finish the wine continues its downward trend toward some astringent notes. Definitely not a great year for Forman Cab.
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6/24/2011 - drrobvino wrote: 92 Points
- Garnet color with slow forming legs and aromas of black currant, chocolate, black pepper and vanilla. It's balanced and has flavours of cherry, chocolate and black currant with a medium/full body. Satin-Like texture with a long finish - Beautiful ruby color with only slight fading at edge. Bouquet is full of gorgeous dark fruit like plums and black currant, with notes of chocolate and spice/black pepper. The mouthfeel is a medium to full bodied wine with sweet, dark cassis fruit, a slight hotness, and a finish that lasts 30+ seconds. The tannins are pleasantly "dusty" and the finish is overall soft and lush. A gorgeous effort that should go 3-4 more years. I love Forman!
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4/17/2011 - JCDR wrote: 90 Points
fantastic as usual...
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3/5/2011 - bwillia wrote: 89 Points
A very jammy, oakey vintage for Forman but still this is probably one of the best 03 Cali Cab's I've had. These guys do a nice job.
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1/22/2011 - mxpbuy wrote: 90 Points
Sampled 1/21/11. A tough year for Napa, but Ric managed to salvage a pretty good wine from it. Bought at the winery on a random visit with Ric. The wine's color is a nice rich old mine garnet. The wine has nice vanilla notes mixed in with blackberries, black currant and some leather and tobacco. Nothing green like so many '03s, but there were a few astringent notes and the tannins still have a little chunkiness to them. Not sure if this wine will improve much if at all, but it will certainly hold for another 4+ years, so I'll wait on my others.
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10/14/2010 - gesusser wrote: 92 Points
DRINK UP;
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2/13/2010 - gesusser wrote: 94 Points
OMG; wow!!!!! decanted 2 hours b4 going to dinner @ seasons 52 @ boca; the bouquet filled the area around the table so much that our server was taken in by the same; the nose was almost hedonistic; great backbone to this well rounded & elegant cabernet; wine is now probably its peak; drink up; delicious w/grilled venison chop
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12/23/2009 - Double D wrote: 92 Points
More medium bodied than the 97 or 2001 but well made, nicely balanced. Served with grilled filet and shrimp.
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12/24/2008 - MWes wrote: 91 Points
Outstanding bottle of wine. Decanted for 2 hours prior to serving. No formal notes, but definitely has lots of time left, went great with beef and has a definite dusty quality to it. I won't open my other bottle for a couple more years.
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2/27/2008 - amleblan wrote: 93 Points
Outstanding wine, although probably still on the early side. Opened and let breath for 1 hour, decanting would have been a good option as well. Big, bold wine, not minerally. Complex fruit.
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11/30/2007 - jivey wrote: 94 Points
Yum! This is one of the 03 Napa vintages that is an exception, nose of smoky black fruits, cedar and a touch of black licorice. The wine opened up beautifully in the decanter and had a very long clean complex finish with a touch of spice.
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11/22/2007 - drmarc61 wrote: 92 Points
This wine will evolve wonderfully over time. It took three hours of decanting before the wine began to open-up. Wonderful dark fruits with leather and tobacco. Lingering palate that teased the tongue with silky tannins.
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11/17/2006 - GolferChris wrote: 93 Points
Boulder Ridge CC Member Tasting Event (Boulder Ridge CC, NW Suburbs, Chicago): Elegantly styled cab. Aromas/flavors of plum, black cherry, currant, blackberry and violet. Soft, silky tannins that provide a sweet, lingering finish. Drinking great now but should develop even more complexity with a couple more years of age. TOP 5 WOTN.
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8/3/2006 - Paul-Richard wrote: 92 Points
gorgeous cab nose, deep purple, rich dark fruits on the attack, balanced, supple, textured tannins, rather long licorice and chocolate finish. Perhaps lacking a little structure. Delicious. Did not decant.
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7/23/2006 - last chance wrote: 93 Points
Earthy nose with black cherry, currant and some cedar notes. Flavors of dark fruits and currants. Fruit forward wine that was a really fun bottle to share. Really nice velvety mouthfeel, and a pretty long finish.
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6/2/2006 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 82 Points
Tasted unblinded at the Vintage Wines, Ltd. wine bar. Bright disc. Deep purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, dominated by vanilla and black fruit. Full-bodied but flabby on the palate, with virtually no acid, medium soft tannins and oak-dominated flavors. There is virtually no structure to this wine and I would not recommend it. Considering the producer, it is a major disappointment. This was also the consensus of the tasting group.
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