2007 Raymond Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Selection

Community Tasting Notes (34) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  11/24/2023 - nzinkgraf wrote:

  Garnet color. Black berry, black cherry aroma. Drinking GREAT at pnp, light plum. Drink to 2030.
  
  Hmm, hours later…gets lively, maybe only drink to 2027. Fresh, but earthy. Showing maturity. Earthiness as root beer (as opposed to new new oak as root beer). Mature raspberry kombucha, light tannin. Fine, but mature and fading. Crush the last btls quickly with food amongst friends…
  
  Day 2…or maybe not. Comes back to a solidly enjoyable frame for drinking. Fruit pulls up in front. Cherry blossom and blackberry. Lots of freshness. Aromas would get a couple extra points over the palate.

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  11/6/2020 - Glenn Gilbert Likes this wine: 89 Points

  14.5% alcohol; real cork with a maximum of 2 cm wine penetration, heavy-weight foil; medium duration legs, very dark purple; opened and kept in the fridge for 18 hours before tasting; vinturied and tasted at approximately 14 degrees C; nose of sweet/sour cherries, peaches, carrots, radishes, earth; full bodied, middle/sides of the tongue hit by a tangy, almost prickly, rush, embedded in softened tannins, a complex/layered wine with dark earth undertones, not especially fruit forward; unassertive medium to long finish; pair with beef or pork, preferably smoked on a gas or charcoal grill, or with alternating chunks of meat and vegetables grilled/smoked on skewers

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  2/27/2016 - wineshaman wrote: 89 Points

  This bottle followed the 07 Caymus, decanted and tasted, very rich and concentrated, loads of dark jammy fruit, hints of sweet vanilla, still some tannins and yes some life. Drink soon!

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  7/15/2015 - grossie wrote: 90 Points

  Drinks very well right now, rich, ripe, but not overdone. It has gotten to age 8 very well. Good value, still room to improve.

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  5/27/2014 - EMark wrote:

  Big pungent nose showing off some berry aroma but a lot of oak bouquet. Velvety smooth on the tongue. I takes a few seconds to detect the fruit--maybe blueberry, maybe currants. A bit of detectable drying tannin on the tongue edges and the back of the throat, but, still, an easy wine to drink. A great food wine. I had it with grilled blue cheese-stuffed rolled flank steak. While this is an excellent wine today, I would not encourage anyone to leave this one in the cellar for very much longer.

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