Great wine to drink by itself. The wine has a good body and long finish. It is well balanced, presents nice fruity blackberry aroma and taste. The tannin presence is nice but also suggests more cellar time.
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Big solid blackberry with nice glycerin, good integrated fruit, slight vanilla and cedar. Primo '05 color, nice 3% milk mouth weight, and about 60+ second finish length.
Great by itself or with big meat.
Lovely now and can likely cellar another 2-3 yrs easily.
91 pts.
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Very nice. Bundle of flavors, concentrated in the front of the palate. Earthy and slightly bitter, like a mud pie or mushrooms, followed by blackberry jam.
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Sampled 4/3/10. The wine is certainly nice enough with good black fruit and cassis, but is not particularly rich or complex. Some herbs but a bit thin on the finish. This wine won't get better. Drink up.
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A nice wine but not as good as I'd hoped. I collect for the bottle artwork verticle but the wine was a little disappointing. Not very complex and I think the estate cab from the same year has more fruit.
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9/16/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking very well. Nice complexity.
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8/29/2018 - AlphaL Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still showing well. Glad we have several bottles lest
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1/4/2017 - drotman Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great after decanting. Works great with food
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4/12/2016 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Quite hard initially, needed a couple hours to show everything it has. Good, modern style of Napa Cabernet.
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5/17/2015 - gursich wrote: 90 Points
Need to have with food. Should decant.
Better as it opens up.
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11/11/2012 - Kuixote Likes this wine: 93 Points
With prime rib. Musty, berry finish. Drinking *very* well right now.
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7/3/2012 - rpontual wrote: 93 Points
Great wine to drink by itself. The wine has a good body and long finish. It is well balanced, presents nice fruity blackberry aroma and taste. The tannin presence is nice but also suggests more cellar time.
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6/4/2012 - CarpeVinoDiem wrote: 91 Points
No notes taken.
1 hr decant.
Big solid blackberry with nice glycerin, good integrated fruit, slight vanilla and cedar.
Primo '05 color, nice 3% milk mouth weight,
and about 60+ second finish length.
Great by itself or with big meat.
Lovely now and can likely cellar another 2-3 yrs easily.
91 pts.
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5/20/2011 - iwadasn wrote: 92 Points
Very nice. Bundle of flavors, concentrated in the front of the palate. Earthy and slightly bitter, like a mud pie or mushrooms, followed by blackberry jam.
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6/5/2010 - mxpbuy wrote: 90 Points
Sampled 4/3/10. The wine is certainly nice enough with good black fruit and cassis, but is not particularly rich or complex. Some herbs but a bit thin on the finish. This wine won't get better. Drink up.
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11/10/2007 - rdorman wrote:
A nice wine but not as good as I'd hoped. I collect for the bottle artwork verticle but the wine was a little disappointing. Not very complex and I think the estate cab from the same year has more fruit.
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9/8/2007 - AZ Wine Lover wrote: 92 Points
Excellent as usual.
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6/25/2006 - AZ Wine Lover wrote: 92 Points
Excellent
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