(CHATEAU ST JEAN CINQ CEPAGES) #2; VaynerPAZZZ; COLOR-dark; NOSE-beautiful, fresh ground pepper mixed w/ green beans, bacon fat, "take a little weiner dog, wrap it pigs-in-the-blanket style w/ bacon, put a lot of pepper on it, grate jalapeno & green peppers on it", beautiful chocolate & vanilla; TASTE-shocked by the enormous amount of Oak, polished, vanilla bean, solid bottle, great structure, beautiful blackberry component, fresh black ground pepper, little too Oaky and shallow for me; RP-92; GV-89
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By Stephen Tanzer
(Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Cinq Cepages Sonoma County) Login and sign up and see review text.January/February 2006, IWC Issue #124, (See more on Vinous...)