Pretty amazing wine even straight out of the bottle. I popped, poured a glass, and decanted the rest and drank 3 hours later. Right out of the glass, it was a bit tight, but still with heavy stone fruit, tobacco and tight tannins on the end. With a bit of decanting, it opened up even more. Layers of smoke, plum, cherry and pepper, and lighter tannins. Still with a bit of spice. Amazing how well this has held up, and even matured, from it's release. I think it could still go another 2-3 years easily in a good cellar.
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A deep garnet wine with a medium body. Nose has a enthralling mix of blueberry, licorice and leather. Tastes of rich red raspberry and blueberry. There's still plenty of mouth-coating tannins to carry this wine through for another 5 years. The finish has red raspberry, good acidity and some oak on a medium length finish.
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Decanted for about 30 minutes, some sediment. Plum, cassis and clove on the nose. Well integrated tannins resulted in a good mouthfeel and solid balance. Still drinking well. Was a little worried given the vintage, but unfounded.
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This is was a great wine from a poor vintage. Chocolate, berries, strocg introduction through he nose and long finish. Well balanced and good structure. In a wine tasting it folowed its 1997 brother, and while it wasn't as good, it did well in the comparison. i don't have any more, but I wish I did.
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Tobacco, chocolate, & currant were abundant, lots of flavor. Very balanced and exceptionally smooth with a fair-long finish. I think that it could age for up to another year without any decline in flavor. Needed to be decanted due to heavy sediment. This was a very good wine from a very poor vintage.
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Dark ruby color leads to a nose of white pepper, currant, plum, and soft leather. The palate carries those flavors and adds a layer of cedar and dark fruit. The finish is long and smooth. This wine was decanted three hours prior to serving and only improved throughout the night. This appears to have many years ahead of it. Bravo to Trefethen for producing a quality cab in an otherwise off vintage.
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5/20/2011 - Dhotchki Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pretty amazing wine even straight out of the bottle. I popped, poured a glass, and decanted the rest and drank 3 hours later. Right out of the glass, it was a bit tight, but still with heavy stone fruit, tobacco and tight tannins on the end. With a bit of decanting, it opened up even more. Layers of smoke, plum, cherry and pepper, and lighter tannins. Still with a bit of spice. Amazing how well this has held up, and even matured, from it's release. I think it could still go another 2-3 years easily in a good cellar.
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11/27/2010 - The Kokopelli wrote: 90 Points
A deep garnet wine with a medium body. Nose has a enthralling mix of blueberry, licorice and leather. Tastes of rich red raspberry and blueberry. There's still plenty of mouth-coating tannins to carry this wine through for another 5 years. The finish has red raspberry, good acidity and some oak on a medium length finish.
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10/4/2009 - gautamv wrote: 92 Points
medium nose
slightly sweet, anise? slightly acidic medium-light body.
very slight currant flavor.
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3/21/2009 - The Drunken Cyclist wrote: 89 Points
Decanted for about 30 minutes, some sediment. Plum, cassis and clove on the nose. Well integrated tannins resulted in a good mouthfeel and solid balance. Still drinking well. Was a little worried given the vintage, but unfounded.
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11/2/2008 - massimo wrote:
This is was a great wine from a poor vintage. Chocolate, berries, strocg introduction through he nose and long finish. Well balanced and good structure. In a wine tasting it folowed its 1997 brother, and while it wasn't as good, it did well in the comparison. i don't have any more, but I wish I did.
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9/12/2008 - tiggerevnstn wrote: 90 Points
Great bottle - probably right at peak.
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3/16/2008 - kds1398 wrote: 92 Points
Tobacco, chocolate, & currant were abundant, lots of flavor. Very balanced and exceptionally smooth with a fair-long finish. I think that it could age for up to another year without any decline in flavor. Needed to be decanted due to heavy sediment. This was a very good wine from a very poor vintage.
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7/17/2007 - DaveF wrote:
Good bottle from an off vintage. Drinking good right now.
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9/3/2006 - Bumperfender wrote: 92 Points
consumed with in-laws over tri tip roast
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7/2/2006 - Bumperfender wrote: 91 Points
consumed with Rita
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3/5/2005 - flashvictor wrote: 91 Points
Dark ruby color leads to a nose of white pepper, currant, plum, and soft leather. The palate carries those flavors and adds a layer of cedar and dark fruit. The finish is long and smooth. This wine was decanted three hours prior to serving and only improved throughout the night. This appears to have many years ahead of it. Bravo to Trefethen for producing a quality cab in an otherwise off vintage.
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