Opened to celebrate the life of Master winemaker Eric Dunham. A tribute to a talented man.
This bottle is everything I look for in a Cabernet. The bottle was well integrated, drinking well and I think it is at or near it's peak. Great Cabernet nose. Good dark fruit with a vanilla barrel streak some spice and tannins. A full mouth wine with a solid finish that had some complexities that evolved. Decanted but the wine drank well from the start and started to fade about 2 hours into the night.
A little lower acidity (higher Ph) made it a good wine to enjoy with some Merlot-Parmesan cheese, rosemary crackers and fresh bartlett pears.
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As with my other recent 1999 cabs, this wine took a long time to open up but when it did, it was very nice. It leads me to believe the wine could use another year or two in the bottle.
Opened for 2 hours before serving with prime rib on NY Eve. Wine was fairly tight to begin with, without much nose or finish. By the end of the meal the wine had opened and softened considerably and had a complex lingering finish.
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2007 Dunham Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Lewis Vineyard
10/27/2014 - ttpearse Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened to celebrate the life of Master winemaker Eric Dunham. A tribute to a talented man.
This bottle is everything I look for in a Cabernet. The bottle was well integrated, drinking well and I think it is at or near it's peak. Great Cabernet nose. Good dark fruit with a vanilla barrel streak some spice and tannins. A full mouth wine with a solid finish that had some complexities that evolved. Decanted but the wine drank well from the start and started to fade about 2 hours into the night.
A little lower acidity (higher Ph) made it a good wine to enjoy with some Merlot-Parmesan cheese, rosemary crackers and fresh bartlett pears.
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1999 Darioush Cabernet Sauvignon
1/3/2010 - ttpearse wrote: 91 Points
As with my other recent 1999 cabs, this wine took a long time to open up but when it did, it was very nice. It leads me to believe the wine could use another year or two in the bottle.
Opened for 2 hours before serving with prime rib on NY Eve. Wine was fairly tight to begin with, without much nose or finish. By the end of the meal the wine had opened and softened considerably and had a complex lingering finish.
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