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Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 91.6 points

  • 1997 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Retrospective (Omaha, NE): Presented single-blind; no formal notes. Wine #3 had great color and was charming on the nose. Developing, the fruit was beginning to show a slightly more desiccated profile. Relative to the others in the flight, this seems a bit more like a fastball right down the middle of the plate. I called Dunn Napa. A really nice wine that was just a little less interesting relative to the others in the flight. Drink now and through 2030.

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  • A particularly fine bottle. Beautifully perfumed nose of violets, red fruit, cherry, cassis and a hint of mint & green pepper. More red fruit, tobacco and pepper on a mid+ weight palate. Good balance and very long peppery finish. Mouth filling. Still a bit of tannin, I think this will still improve. And yes the cork fell apart and had to be surgically extracted.

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  • I’m enjoying this wine a good bit Beautiful garnet color. The nose bursts with cassis fruit that is slightly creamy. There is a bit of earthy elements but the pure fruit is prominent. Good weight on the palate with tobacco entering the equation on the finish. The red nature of the fruit leads a fine attack. Maybe falls off a bit quickly. Not complex. This certainly salutes Bordeaux but has some California sun to keep it real. I think the tobacco might take over if kept too much longer. I will drink the other bottle I have in the next year or two. Fine. (91)

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  • Still deep in color. Very nice nose of blackberries, black cherries, black raspberries, and blueberries along with licorice and chocolate. Rich, deep flavor, black currants, plums, and black cherries, and a touch of minerality. A big full bodied wine with nice complexity, very well balanced, and a long finish. Still performing well at 25 years old. While I'm not going to hold on to my remaining bottles for long, I am in no rush. Better now than our last bottle 10 years ago.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78, (See more on Vinous...)

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