Perfect cork. Wonderfully alive. Aromas of cigar box, charred green pepper. Palate is red fruited with raspberry and boysenberry. Sufficient acid; held up against a veal chop Parmesan. A wonderful time capsule.
No more like wine, plum juice rather. Late stage of life.
2018/2/4 This bottle is completely different story from previous ones. A bit over its peak when tannin is soft and smooth. The aroma and taste is not strong but integrated as old wine should be. 91
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HOT DAMN!!! Wine of the night hands down. So open and expressive with fruit and earth and barrels notes all on the nose. The palate was just alive with flavors and felt so young with wonderfully integrated tannins that still showed their presence and a tart acidic kick that lasted all the way to the end. Everyone loved it. Really the best thing I can say about this wine is the wife of one of the guys at the table just does not care for red wine. She will normally drink beer or a cocktail when we all get together. Out of curiosity and I guess open-mindedness, she halfway participated in the tasting, taking small sips from her husband’s glasses. After sampling the Mondavi she looked up and said, “Oh wow. That’s good.”
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From Double Magnum, decanted for 1 hour a lot of dark and red berries, some mintiness, elegant, vibrant acidity, alcohol well integrated, middle long finish, ripe tannins
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Ruby, surprisingly youthful color. Nose of tart cherry, dried currant, leather, and dried herbs. Unlike the non-reserve '81 enjoyed on the same evening, this wine still shows primary fruit and is a lovely aged Napa Cabernet. On the palate, red fruit and earth, with nice acid and fully resolved tannins. Drink now, but this is certainly still open for business. Quite lovely.
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Bottle was in near perfect shape. Corked crumbled a bit on extraction and the wine with quickly decanted to avoid the sediment and little cork bits. The color didn't show nearly as much age as I was expecting and there was only a very tiny amount of bricking at the extreme edge. Nice fruit on the nose with a touch of old leather. The wine was vibrant and alive and gave no sign of fading at all during the evening. This was a very good bottle. 92 pts.
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Deep and brooding wine, fully mature. Spicy nose, deep and autumnal, red fruit and cedar; dry, concentrated, blackcurrants, extracted, minerality; autumnal finish. Impressive.
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Medium ruby/brick with brick rim. Moderately intense nose of cigar, mint, cedar and plum. Similar flavors, with light residual tannins. Medium, smooth finish.
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Medium ruby with brick rim. Moserate sediment. Nose and palate similar to 3/28/92, but slightly more complex. There is still substantial fruit left on this bottle! The finish is long and smooth. Currently excellent. Has fruit to at least hold for a few more years.
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Medium ruby with brick rim. Moderate sediment (would decant). Nose shows moderately intense cigar box, cherry, leather and vanilla. Good attack, nice evolution with soft tannins. Light fruit on mid-palate with same complex flavors as nose. Medium, smooth finish. Ready now.
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Deep and complex colour, viscous; calm and warm nose that opens up beautifully, high quality new oak, concentrated ripe fruit, plums and mulberries, perfumed, wholemeal bread, peppery note; full and fleshy palate, concentrated, relatively soft velvety tannins, well endowed with ripe fruit, creamy and earthy, elegant acidity; fabulous finish, velvety, complete, excellent length. Is starting to come together, should last another ten years.
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Tasting of 9 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserves which was repeated with a different wine group. Intense cabernet nose, rich fruit on nose, little old smelling, well balanced, medium fruit in mouth, medium finish. My #9 of 9.
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Tasting of 9 Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons. Had an intensely, rich cabernet nose that was a little old and musty smelling, medium body with good balance, medium finish and short aftertaste. My #9.
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11/4/2022 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still with good fruit, currants, cedar, mint and eucalyptus, soft tannins, good finish.
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10/15/2021 - KL1191 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Perfect cork. Wonderfully alive. Aromas of cigar box, charred green pepper. Palate is red fruited with raspberry and boysenberry. Sufficient acid; held up against a veal chop Parmesan. A wonderful time capsule.
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1/10/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): From the 'vintage pour' at Press. This was great. First of all, not often that I get to do birth year wines and given the birth year not often when I do that they are actually good. But this was drinking very well. Old school Napa.
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10/27/2017 - onboisduvin wrote: 87 Points
No more like wine, plum juice rather. Late stage of life.
2018/2/4 This bottle is completely different story from previous ones. A bit over its peak when tannin is soft and smooth. The aroma and taste is not strong but integrated as old wine should be. 91
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4/23/2016 - bu11itt Likes this wine: 92 Points
HOT DAMN!!! Wine of the night hands down. So open and expressive with fruit and earth and barrels notes all on the nose. The palate was just alive with flavors and felt so young with wonderfully integrated tannins that still showed their presence and a tart acidic kick that lasted all the way to the end. Everyone loved it. Really the best thing I can say about this wine is the wife of one of the guys at the table just does not care for red wine. She will normally drink beer or a cocktail when we all get together. Out of curiosity and I guess open-mindedness, she halfway participated in the tasting, taking small sips from her husband’s glasses. After sampling the Mondavi she looked up and said, “Oh wow. That’s good.”
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3/14/2016 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 91 Points
From Double Magnum, decanted for 1 hour
a lot of dark and red berries, some mintiness, elegant, vibrant acidity, alcohol well integrated, middle long finish, ripe tannins
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12/20/2015 - rlove wrote: 88 Points
Ruby, surprisingly youthful color. Nose of tart cherry, dried currant, leather, and dried herbs. Unlike the non-reserve '81 enjoyed on the same evening, this wine still shows primary fruit and is a lovely aged Napa Cabernet. On the palate, red fruit and earth, with nice acid and fully resolved tannins. Drink now, but this is certainly still open for business. Quite lovely.
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11/24/2014 - wpd Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nicely aged California cab. Not as good as the 84, 85, 86, but still a very good wine with plenty of fruit.
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11/7/2009 - Rob MacKay wrote: 92 Points
Bottle was in near perfect shape. Corked crumbled a bit on extraction and the wine with quickly decanted to avoid the sediment and little cork bits. The color didn't show nearly as much age as I was expecting and there was only a very tiny amount of bricking at the extreme edge. Nice fruit on the nose with a touch of old leather. The wine was vibrant and alive and gave no sign of fading at all during the evening. This was a very good bottle. 92 pts.
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6/30/2002 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Deep and brooding wine, fully mature. Spicy nose, deep and autumnal, red fruit and cedar; dry, concentrated, blackcurrants, extracted, minerality; autumnal finish. Impressive.
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2/20/2000 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 86 Points
Medium ruby/brick with brick rim. Moderately intense nose of cigar, mint, cedar and plum. Similar flavors, with light residual tannins. Medium, smooth finish.
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4/15/1996 - buckeye76 wrote: 88 Points
PROBABLY PAST ITS PRIME THOUGH STILL NICE FRUIT IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH.
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12/2/1995 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 87 Points
Medium ruby with brick rim. Moserate sediment. Nose and palate similar to 3/28/92, but slightly more complex. There is still substantial fruit left on this bottle! The finish is long and smooth. Currently excellent. Has fruit to at least hold for a few more years.
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3/28/1992 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 82 Points
Medium ruby with brick rim. Moderate sediment (would decant). Nose shows moderately intense cigar box, cherry, leather and vanilla. Good attack, nice evolution with soft tannins. Light fruit on mid-palate with same complex flavors as nose. Medium, smooth finish. Ready now.
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3/16/1991 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
Deep and complex colour, viscous; calm and warm nose that opens up beautifully, high quality new oak, concentrated ripe fruit, plums and mulberries, perfumed, wholemeal bread, peppery note; full and fleshy palate, concentrated, relatively soft velvety tannins, well endowed with ripe fruit, creamy and earthy, elegant acidity; fabulous finish, velvety, complete, excellent length. Is starting to come together, should last another ten years.
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11/25/1989 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 84 Points
Tasting of 9 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserves which was repeated with a different wine group.
Intense cabernet nose, rich fruit on nose, little old smelling, well balanced, medium fruit in mouth, medium finish.
My #9 of 9.
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11/2/1989 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 76 Points
Tasting of 9 Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons. Had an intensely, rich cabernet nose that was a little old and musty smelling, medium body with good balance, medium finish and short aftertaste. My #9.
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