Mature and mellow. The characteristic chocolate of the Washington State Cabs and so smooth, so very smooth. This will not get better but will be OK for at least a year or two.
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Tomasch visit; 3/16/2013-3/17/2013 (Our house): Always rock solid! Deep ruby color leads to a nose of dark cherry and rich chocolate. Medium full body shows great dark fruit and chocolate. Finish lasts 30 seconds. I really enjoy this wine. Other wines may be more complex but this one's tough to beat for deliciousness.
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Nice muscular wine!! Dark fruits, spice, herbal notes, firm tannins, long finish. Took 2 nights to really open up - If I had another bottle I would give it least a years rest or a healthy decant.
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This is a truly deep, dark pour! With moderate aromas of dark, chocolately fruits, a tinge of sweet grass... it was nearly comparable to that scent of a first rain on cement. All in all, a bit elusive but very pleasant. The taste was medium sweet, with a very well structured, smooth attack that crescendoed to a lively sneak-like attack on the sides of the tongue, before calming back down and leaving with a subtle nod.
The wine did things that really made the meal shine. It added sweetness to balance out the spicy heat, while the cloves of the chili almost caramelized the entire food mix, which served to help all of the various flavors in the chili to shine through and actually be tasted.
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The wine is a glass-staining purple-ruby. There is a bit of a residual alcohol smell that fades after some time, yielding to anise, black currants, violet and a little barnyard funk. The alcohol gives a little burn on tasting, but the flavors are nice, with fennel prevalent throughout. It is very juicy on the attack and runs a nice course of drying tannins in the mid-palate before a sweetening finish that ultimately gets the mouth watering.
Paired very well with chicken chili, sweetening up the food while helping carry the spice all over.
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Opened and decanted for 30+ minutes. While the bouquet was quite powerful, the first taste was still pretty closed so I let it sit in my glass another 45 minutes and it started to really open up. Once it did, it's quite an enjoyable wine. Nearly opaque, it opens with blackberry and vanilla on the nose. The extra time sitting in my glass did this wine some good as intense flavors of currants and oak mixed well with a pleasant, yet semi-tannic mouthfeel and a medium finish. It seemed a bit young, but I'll be back for another bottle.
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This dark, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon is packed with cassis, blackberry liqueur, dark cocoa and warm vanilla notes in the nose. It lingers across the palate, imparting a long, polished finish that was developed in part from aging in new French oak barrels
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12/8/2020 - DaneM Likes this wine:
Hitting its stride, secondary flavors developed, wonderful now, should still evolve nicely for another 5 years.
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3/30/2019 - DaneM Likes this wine: 93 Points
Exceptional right now.
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3/23/2017 - WAWINEFAN wrote: 90 Points
Probably would have been better a year or so ago, but still nice!
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1/8/2017 - nbrue wrote: 90 Points
Mature and mellow. The characteristic chocolate of the Washington State Cabs and so smooth, so very smooth. This will not get better but will be OK for at least a year or two.
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1/26/2016 - bibhau wrote: 91 Points
Drink now, perfect, lovely wine, cannot see this getting any better from here
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10/3/2015 - nbrue wrote: 90 Points
Fully realized Washington Cab with the chocolate notes one expects. Time to drink up. Jay Miller's window to 2027seems wildly optimistic to me
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8/9/2013 - stjames Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really good juice
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4/16/2013 - gwkozar Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dark purple, well balanced acid to tannins, bit of dark chocolate. Second night was slightly better but lost a bit of the acids.
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3/17/2013 - flashvictor Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tomasch visit; 3/16/2013-3/17/2013 (Our house): Always rock solid! Deep ruby color leads to a nose of dark cherry and rich chocolate. Medium full body shows great dark fruit and chocolate. Finish lasts 30 seconds. I really enjoy this wine. Other wines may be more complex but this one's tough to beat for deliciousness.
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2/13/2013 - northbridge wrote: 92 Points
Really opened up and smoothed out in the past year. Now ready to drink. Classic Washington State Cab.
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10/30/2012 - green-steve wrote: 89 Points
Nice muscular wine!! Dark fruits, spice, herbal notes, firm tannins, long finish. Took 2 nights to really open up - If I had another bottle I would give it least a years rest or a healthy decant.
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3/1/2012 - The Wine Guy wrote: 89 Points
- Crimsom color and aromas of strawberry jam and has flavours of prune, mushroom and menthol.
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1/15/2012 - heggink1 wrote: 87 Points
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This is a truly deep, dark pour! With moderate aromas of dark, chocolately fruits, a tinge of sweet grass... it was nearly comparable to that scent of a first rain on cement. All in all, a bit elusive but very pleasant. The taste was medium sweet, with a very well structured, smooth attack that crescendoed to a lively sneak-like attack on the sides of the tongue, before calming back down and leaving with a subtle nod.
The wine did things that really made the meal shine. It added sweetness to balance out the spicy heat, while the cloves of the chili almost caramelized the entire food mix, which served to help all of the various flavors in the chili to shine through and actually be tasted.
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1/15/2012 - heggink1 wrote: 85 Points
The wine is a glass-staining purple-ruby. There is a bit of a residual alcohol smell that fades after some time, yielding to anise, black currants, violet and a little barnyard funk. The alcohol gives a little burn on tasting, but the flavors are nice, with fennel prevalent throughout. It is very juicy on the attack and runs a nice course of drying tannins in the mid-palate before a sweetening finish that ultimately gets the mouth watering.
Paired very well with chicken chili, sweetening up the food while helping carry the spice all over.
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10/1/2011 - Burkeshire wrote: 90 Points
Opened and decanted for 30+ minutes. While the bouquet was quite powerful, the first taste was still pretty closed so I let it sit in my glass another 45 minutes and it started to really open up. Once it did, it's quite an enjoyable wine. Nearly opaque, it opens with blackberry and vanilla on the nose. The extra time sitting in my glass did this wine some good as intense flavors of currants and oak mixed well with a pleasant, yet semi-tannic mouthfeel and a medium finish. It seemed a bit young, but I'll be back for another bottle.
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5/18/2011 - sam welch wrote: 88 Points
dark plum fruits, a little tannic and young still. I would give this 'un time.
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3/8/2011 - northbridge wrote: 91 Points
Still young but a really great mouthful of dark Washington fruit. Give it some air and enjoy.
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1/26/2011 - korkd wrote: 89 Points
Flat and tart upon opening the bottle, but 30min or so to breathe improved it. A decent wine.
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6/23/2010 - Alfaro wrote: 90 Points
This dark, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon is packed with cassis, blackberry liqueur, dark cocoa and warm vanilla notes in the nose. It lingers across the palate, imparting a long, polished finish that was developed in part from aging in new French oak barrels
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