Wow. This was singing immediately upon opening. It hit its optimal window after 1 hr. in the decanter. After about 3 hours of air, it started to become slightly disjointed. This is drinking fabulously and is a rarity in style for Napa Valley Bordeaux blends staying true to its roots expressing terroir and allowing the varietals in the blend to do the talking. Far too often these days, all you get is extracted fruit and high alcohol in Napa reds. Diamond Creek is a dying breed of wines in California similar to Dominus and Dunn. I immediately joined Diamond Creek’s mailing list after this tasting experience. Why? Because it gives the pleasure of drinking Bordeaux without having to wait 20 years for it to mature. I stopped buying Bordeaux after the 2018 vintage because I realized that I would be really old before current release Bordeaux would mature. Therefore, I will start buying wines like Diamond Creek to enjoy while my palate is still strong.
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This is just an absolutely fantastic wine, bravo to the team at Diamond Creek. Even my wife who hates spending this much money on a single bottle of wine admitted this one was really good. It has everything you would expect from a big Napa cab so pop and enjoy and try and find more!!! Decanted for about 45 minutes, which was good, and drank over the next hour and a half.
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Nose of blue fruit and a little earth. Taste of tart cherry to sweet cranberry. Decanted for 30 minutes, probably needed an hour. Started quite nice and continued to develop over 3 hours of drinking. Minimal sediment for a Diamond Creek. Looking forward to enjoying the rest of my bottles over the coming ~10 years.
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Round, sweet, bing cherry fruit that's enjoyably ripe and agreeable on first sip (not decanted). Lavishly med-full bodied for great mouthfeel with dusty tannins and red-dirt minerality that disappear into a long, silky finish. A wine so good it causes you to pause and try to remember the last time you enjoyed a bottle of wine THIS much.
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N: Very Intense, RIPE berries! (Wouldn't attempt to parse)
P: MF body; RNDISH entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by astringent pucker that flirts with the frt as it transitions into the LONG, beautifully BALANCED finish with a lovely swtness to the dusty tannins. Deserves/NEEDS through '21, then drinking for MANY more. An OUTSTANDING wine! 14.5% ABV; My EXC+/Exceptional-. 97 pts ea Connoisseurs' Guide & Suckling, and 93 pts WE @ $225.
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Earthier and more brooding than its two friends of the same vintage. Great fruit, more oak, firmer tannin and still a long finish. This one needs time in the cellar.
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6/5/2022 - kfran24 Likes this wine: 97 Points
This is a very solid Cabernet. Silky smooth tannins. Not super exotic but very nice structure and I will buy more
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5/29/2022 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow. This was singing immediately upon opening. It hit its optimal window after 1 hr. in the decanter. After about 3 hours of air, it started to become slightly disjointed. This is drinking fabulously and is a rarity in style for Napa Valley Bordeaux blends staying true to its roots expressing terroir and allowing the varietals in the blend to do the talking. Far too often these days, all you get is extracted fruit and high alcohol in Napa reds. Diamond Creek is a dying breed of wines in California similar to Dominus and Dunn. I immediately joined Diamond Creek’s mailing list after this tasting experience. Why? Because it gives the pleasure of drinking Bordeaux without having to wait 20 years for it to mature. I stopped buying Bordeaux after the 2018 vintage because I realized that I would be really old before current release Bordeaux would mature. Therefore, I will start buying wines like Diamond Creek to enjoy while my palate is still strong.
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4/26/2022 - msf6msf6 Likes this wine: 99 Points
This is just an absolutely fantastic wine, bravo to the team at Diamond Creek. Even my wife who hates spending this much money on a single bottle of wine admitted this one was really good. It has everything you would expect from a big Napa cab so pop and enjoy and try and find more!!! Decanted for about 45 minutes, which was good, and drank over the next hour and a half.
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3/23/2022 - agh1856 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Nose of blue fruit and a little earth. Taste of tart cherry to sweet cranberry. Decanted for 30 minutes, probably needed an hour. Started quite nice and continued to develop over 3 hours of drinking. Minimal sediment for a Diamond Creek. Looking forward to enjoying the rest of my bottles over the coming ~10 years.
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11/7/2020 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Round, sweet, bing cherry fruit that's enjoyably ripe and agreeable on first sip (not decanted). Lavishly med-full bodied for great mouthfeel with dusty tannins and red-dirt minerality that disappear into a long, silky finish. A wine so good it causes you to pause and try to remember the last time you enjoyed a bottle of wine THIS much.
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8/17/2019 - JOHN_ Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was a great wine. Very enjoyable. Don't have detailed notes.
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12/22/2018 - srh Likes this wine:
Winebar [8 HIGH end Reds & 10 Shared Bottles] from 12/21/18 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): "Red Rock Terrace, a warm microclimate, is 7 acres of N facing vyd. The red tinted soil is high in iron content. The wine from Red Rock Terrace is the most accessible & earliest drinkable of all our wines."
N: Very Intense, RIPE berries! (Wouldn't attempt to parse)
P: MF body; RNDISH entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by astringent pucker that flirts with the frt as it transitions into the LONG, beautifully BALANCED finish with a lovely swtness to the dusty tannins. Deserves/NEEDS through '21, then drinking for MANY more. An OUTSTANDING wine! 14.5% ABV; My EXC+/Exceptional-. 97 pts ea Connoisseurs' Guide & Suckling, and 93 pts WE @ $225.
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10/7/2018 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Earthy, graham cracker nuance to the nose. Lots of barrel to the palate. Medium plus tannin, sturdy and substantive black fruit aromas.
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3/15/2018 - AWBryce wrote:
Earthier and more brooding than its two friends of the same vintage. Great fruit, more oak, firmer tannin and still a long finish. This one needs time in the cellar.
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1/27/2018 - farinas Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still just a baby this Red Rock needs a good 10 Years to open up. Right now delivers all the right notes however it is tight and a bit gripping.
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