My WOTN. Beautifully mature without a hint of tiredness, blackcurrant and black cherry,sweet fruit that doesn’t hit you over the head, some tobacco leaf, menthol and slightest hint of bell pepper. Long, elegant, a pointe. A-
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*** Online Tasting. From 0,1l bottle filled from original bottle 4 days before the tasting *** From a perfect bottle. Clear, deep garnet color. Clean, medium intense, fully developed nose with fine red fruit and some tobacco. Dense and deep, beautiful perfume. Dry, high, racy acidity. Medium+ tannin, wonderfully integrated. Only 12,2% abv! Medium body. Red fruit, some green pepper, spices, some oak. Round and soft, good substance, grip, joyful to drink. Long finish with lots of red fruit. 91-92
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Absolutely spectacular. Really old school cab, drinking beautifully. Cork in great condition - no problems with an Ah So. Very little sediment. Visually, younger than we expected - little to no bricking.
Lovely tertiary notes - cedar, tobacco, leather. Some menthol. Very classic mature cab (wish more cabs were like this nowadays). Low alcohol (12.2%), great acidity. Very fresh. Not cloying at all. One can drink glass after glass after glass - and it remains fresh and lively. Well integrated tannins. I wish I had more.
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1/11/2024 - DaleW wrote:
Black currant and cherry, tobacco leaf, herbaceous. Bright, funky, and long. A-
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6/19/2023 - DaleW wrote:
Black fruit, green herbs, leather, cedar. A pointe and long. A-
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5/15/2023 - DaleW wrote:
More high toned than recent bottles, I liked but didn’t love
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5/13/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Does not like this wine:
Sour and mature. Tertiary fruit - a bit of sour tomatoe somewhat thin. Some nice elegance hints of fruit.
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5/3/2023 - DaleW wrote:
Another excellent bottle of this. Black cherry and cassis, bright California herbs, resolved tannin, lovely balanced finish. A-
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12/4/2022 - DaleW wrote:
Double-decanted in afternoon. Black plum and cassis, medium framed, rich fruit framed with green herbs and tobacco. A-/B+
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11/15/2022 - DaleW wrote:
My WOTN. Beautifully mature without a hint of tiredness, blackcurrant and black cherry,sweet fruit that doesn’t hit you over the head, some tobacco leaf, menthol and slightest hint of bell pepper. Long, elegant, a pointe. A-
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5/28/2021 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine:
*** Online Tasting. From 0,1l bottle filled from original bottle 4 days before the tasting ***
From a perfect bottle. Clear, deep garnet color. Clean, medium intense, fully developed nose with fine red fruit and some tobacco. Dense and deep, beautiful perfume.
Dry, high, racy acidity. Medium+ tannin, wonderfully integrated. Only 12,2% abv! Medium body. Red fruit, some green pepper, spices, some oak. Round and soft, good substance, grip, joyful to drink. Long finish with lots of red fruit. 91-92
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3/4/2017 - bravo.solares Likes this wine: 93 Points
Absolutely spectacular. Really old school cab, drinking beautifully. Cork in great condition - no problems with an Ah So. Very little sediment. Visually, younger than we expected - little to no bricking.
Lovely tertiary notes - cedar, tobacco, leather. Some menthol. Very classic mature cab (wish more cabs were like this nowadays). Low alcohol (12.2%), great acidity. Very fresh. Not cloying at all. One can drink glass after glass after glass - and it remains fresh and lively. Well integrated tannins. I wish I had more.
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1/30/2008 - plitton wrote: 90 Points
Edgy tannins, cedar, black fruit and cherries. Decant for an hour or two. Best with roasted meat.
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