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2005 Bevan Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Showket Vineyards
4/28/2024 - Meerlust wrote: 94 Points
This was amazingly dark for a 20 year old wine. As one would expect from a Bevan wine, the nose was explosive with dark cherry, cassis, and oak. The palate was equally impressive with deep flavors of black cherry, cassis, and vanilla. The tannins have fully resolved, and while this was clearly a full-bodied wine, the acidity kept the wine’s size in check. The finish was long and packed with lovely dark fruit. It paired perfectly with my son’s medium-rare, birthday sirloin strip steak and was one of the best wines I have tasted in a long time. Well done Russell.
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2007 Perrier-Jouët Champagne Belle Epoque
2/14/2024 - Meerlust wrote: 90 Points
Light golden color confirm’s this 17 year old champagne’s age. Upon opening, the nose is full of citrus and mineral notes. The flavor profile is unique as apple and lemon start with a stark transition to quinine and acid before finishing with caramel apple notes. It was neither bready or yeasty, but it has ample acidity with some mineral harshness offset by caramel richness. This was an intriguing champagne and my first foray into vintage Perrier-Jouet’s Belle Epoque.
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2008 Bevan Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon David's Cuvée Showket Vineyards
11/25/2023 - Meerlust wrote: 91 Points
14.3% alcohol and 164 cases produced. Even after 15 years, inky purple center with a violet rim and no signs of bricking. The nose explodes from the glass with ripe blackberry, black cherry, cedar, and vanilla notes. In the mouth, this is a classic Napa wine packed with dense black fruit, blackberry, blueberry, and cherry, in addition to some oak notes of chocolate and vanilla. Full-bodied and dense, this wine has a plush mouthfeel with some tannin still present, but it is not harsh or intrusive on the long finish. Consumed with medium-rare steak, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and house rolls for Thanksgiving. This wine paired well with the steak, as expected, but it was also big enough to handle the asparagus, which was a bit of a surprise. Overall, I really enjoyed this wine for its dense fruit and scale, and while we all preferred the more complex 1996 Sociando-Mallet, I cannot wait to taste another bottle in 10 more years.
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