- Medium forming legs and aromas of strawberry jam and has flavours of strawberry jam - Worried it wouldn't be drinkable, but got a pleasant surprise. Nice legs and no off putting aromas, favors or textures.
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5th Annual Burgers and Cabernets: Enjoyed at a tasting, handling and provenance unknown. Funky, vegetal nose. Not a lot of fruit left, hints of iron. Some leather on the finish but not a lot of complexity. Mild tannins, drink this one now if you have any in cellar.
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Drank at a reunion of friends at the beach at Italian night. Did not make notes, but this was a fantastic bottle. Color, body, nose all held up extremely well. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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Pleasantly surprised that this bottle was still hanging in, although pretty close to the end. Washington Cabs, especially those from CSM and CC have always been personal favorites, and this was no exception. Generally full body and genorous fruit and depth.
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Extremely impressed with how this bottle matured and drank after the "drinking window". No tannins, velvety smooth, jammy with strong blackberry and black cherry plus a hint of clove. Wish I had another 10 bottles of this!
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Lots of green pepper on the nose, some cedar; notes followed through on the palette; cassis; resolved tannin; not a flavor profile we find off the shelf, this sat for a while in our cellar; enjoyed the changes.
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Had my last bottle of the 99 last night. Had been one of my favorite value bottles, but unfortunately this one was a bit over-the-hill. Much of the original fruit is waning. Drink this up if you still have it
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Decanted for two hours. No body, not much of a nose. The time for this wine is for a wine reduction sauce I am afraid. Serve this as bottle 5 or 6 when guests have quaffed all the good stuff, they won't know the difference.
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Decanted 6 hours. Had initial tannic/tart taste that softened up only a little in the glass, but there was a nice core of fruit underneath, score 84. Tried again the next day, 30 hours after decanting. Now, tannins were much softer and the fruit came out, score 88.
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Beautiful wine for what it is. Recieved as a gift intense nose of black cherry and cessis. Plenty of fruit in the mouth balanced with menthol and some eucalyptus
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Man has this wine improved since the last time I had it! Nice dark garnett color and fruity/cherry/berry nose with black cherry liqueur, spice and oak on the palate. Just a tad of bitterness on the finish. Pretty incredible for a $10 cab.
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deep red brown color, looks like a wine with age on it. Nose had some stewed fruit. Wine was astringent, bitter, no fruit. DOA. Very sad as we had a bottle six months ago that was simply lovely.
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deep garnet, browning on the edges, nose came out of the bottle with the cork. I love when that happens, and it is not very often. Still lots of tannin mixed with lovely fruit. With about 15 min of air in a decanter things begin to quiet down. Lovely with broiled rib eyes. None left to try tomorrow!!
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This wine seems very acid when first opened. It is greatly improved after about 2 hours in a decanter. Lots of black cherry and fruit on the nose and palate.
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10/19/2012 - rshumard wrote: 85 Points
- Medium forming legs and aromas of strawberry jam and has flavours of strawberry jam - Worried it wouldn't be drinkable, but got a pleasant surprise. Nice legs and no off putting aromas, favors or textures.
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11/5/2011 - PJohnsn wrote: 85 Points
still OK after all these years -- not remarkable, yet not all that bad. tempting nose w/dark fruit, relatively soft palate, not much finish
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8/8/2011 - wnolan wrote: 84 Points
- Slow forming legs.
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4/23/2011 - floydtp wrote: 90 Points
5th Annual Burgers and Cabernets: Enjoyed at a tasting, handling and provenance unknown. Funky, vegetal nose. Not a lot of fruit left, hints of iron. Some leather on the finish but not a lot of complexity. Mild tannins, drink this one now if you have any in cellar.
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10/22/2010 - callmeacab22 wrote: 91 Points
Drank at a reunion of friends at the beach at Italian night. Did not make notes, but this was a fantastic bottle. Color, body, nose all held up extremely well. Thoroughly enjoyed.
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4/24/2010 - callmeacab22 wrote: 89 Points
Pleasantly surprised that this bottle was still hanging in, although pretty close to the end. Washington Cabs, especially those from CSM and CC have always been personal favorites, and this was no exception. Generally full body and genorous fruit and depth.
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12/31/2009 - Livin wrote: 93 Points
Extremely impressed with how this bottle matured and drank after the "drinking window". No tannins, velvety smooth, jammy with strong blackberry and black cherry plus a hint of clove. Wish I had another 10 bottles of this!
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3/13/2009 - Normones wrote:
drank this too late. meh
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2/21/2009 - ToddR911 wrote: 85 Points
Past its prime but drinkable
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11/29/2008 - ToddR911 wrote: 86 Points
This bottle was still hanging in there. Good fruit with cherries and boysenberry. Paired well with the pizza we had.
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8/6/2008 - ToddR911 wrote: 74 Points
It's dead. I'm the only sucker still drinking this and it was actually pretty good young so too bad...
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1/25/2008 - ToddR911 wrote: 84 Points
I'm afraid it's over the hill. I have had this wine when it was young and it had great fruit, which it is now lacking.
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9/3/2007 - Coupe 60 wrote: 90 Points
Very smooth drinking well balanced cabernet with a little age on it.Very nice....
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6/22/2007 - RichardZula wrote:
Lots of green pepper on the nose, some cedar; notes followed through on the palette; cassis; resolved tannin; not a flavor profile we find off the shelf, this sat for a while in our cellar; enjoyed the changes.
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4/24/2007 - zinslurpie wrote: 89 Points
Impressive for it's evolution as a $12 bottle of 8 year old cab. Last bottle of 6. After about an hour, well rounded subtle fruit and no tannins.
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3/18/2007 - EricFromMD wrote: 83 Points
This bottle was over the hill. Had a weird bitter flavor and no fruit on the palate (although it was present on the nose)
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8/12/2006 - DNABog wrote:
Tasted in 2006. Still tasting very well with more dusty notes. Great fruit and round tanins.
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4/3/2006 - blaine wrote: 83 Points
Had my last bottle of the 99 last night. Had been one of my favorite value bottles, but unfortunately this one was a bit over-the-hill. Much of the original fruit is waning. Drink this up if you still have it
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1/2/2006 - PowerJ wrote: 82 Points
Decanted for two hours. No body, not much of a nose. The time for this wine is for a wine reduction sauce I am afraid. Serve this as bottle 5 or 6 when guests have quaffed all the good stuff, they won't know the difference.
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11/24/2005 - Cilantro wrote: 86 Points
Decanted 6 hours. Had initial tannic/tart taste that softened up only a little in the glass, but there was a nice core of fruit underneath, score 84. Tried again the next day, 30 hours after decanting. Now, tannins were much softer and the fruit came out, score 88.
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1/8/2005 - burcusabrews wrote:
Beautiful wine for what it is. Recieved as a gift intense nose of black cherry and cessis. Plenty of fruit in the mouth balanced with menthol and some eucalyptus
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11/10/2004 - dsimmons wrote: 91 Points
Man has this wine improved since the last time I had it! Nice dark garnett color and fruity/cherry/berry nose with black cherry liqueur, spice and oak on the palate. Just a tad of bitterness on the finish. Pretty incredible for a $10 cab.
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10/8/2004 - BonnieM wrote:
deep red brown color, looks like a wine with age on it. Nose had some stewed fruit. Wine was astringent, bitter, no fruit. DOA. Very sad as we had a bottle six months ago that was simply lovely.
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4/19/2004 - BonnieM wrote:
deep garnet, browning on the edges, nose came out of the bottle with the cork. I love when that happens, and it is not very often. Still lots of tannin mixed with lovely fruit. With about 15 min of air in a decanter things begin to quiet down. Lovely with broiled rib eyes. None left to try tomorrow!!
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3/10/2004 - dsimmons wrote: 87 Points
This wine seems very acid when first opened. It is greatly improved after about 2 hours in a decanter. Lots of black cherry and fruit on the nose and palate.
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8/5/2003 - cigar52 wrote: 86 Points
nothing special, but not bad value
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1/30/2003 - cigar52 wrote: 86 Points
good value ($10.89 Costco).. nice wine, little depth
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5/23/2002 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points
Winery: Leather, licorice, cassis, blackberry; silky smooth, very well bal., nice t’s and acid; rich bod, beaut. aroma.
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