1995 Flora Springs Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Hillside Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 93.0 points

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  2/8/2022 - JCGuthrie wrote: 94 Points

  A beautiful wine showing wild berries, eucalyptus and matchstick on the nose. Just as enjoyable on the palate. Tannins fully integrated. Easy 5 years left, probably 10. If my cellar wasn't so full I would consider searching for more...and still may.

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  4/24/2021 - Joelene wrote: 94 Points

  Lovely mature Napa Cab, round soft but still lively. Bordeaux like nose of fruit roll ups, strawberry preserves old car and farm funk. Nice mouthfeel, iodine, licorice, spearmint, seaweed, and definitely a umami thing going on, with a fresh ground pepper finish. At 26 years old this is a beauty.

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  11/11/2020 - IlonaN wrote: 100 Points

  For my Tastes, absolutely perfect. At 25 years of age the wine has become pale and soft, with a wonderful bouquet of roses, ripe berry compote and a faint whiff of ashes. The palate is sweet and lovely, layered and silky. After about 2 hours the wine started to deteriorate in the glass, so it's a pour and drink wine. Placed 1st in our Napa Cab tasting. This was the last bottle of a case acquired in 1996.

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  3/20/2020 - Somm David T Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I bought this bottle about a year ago from K&L. The bottle was in pristine shape. Like the 1985 last weekend, the neck fill today was as high as the day they filled it.
  
  I purchased two bottles. The first, I didn’t post. It had waned. Tonight’s bottle is giving me everything thing I expected when I purchased it.
  
  The nose reveals a little barnyard (v/a) that blew off fairly quickly, slightly baked, stewed & ripe fruits of; blackberries, black cherries, blackberries, black plum, strawberries, dry cranberries, boysenberries & blueberries. Steeped, black tea, dark berry cola, sage, bay leaf, dry, crushed rocks, limestone, anise, some black licorice, soft; cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, caramel & liquid mocha, vanilla, dry twigs, understated, mid dark spice, peppery notes, tree bark/sap, mint, rich, dark, slightly sweet earth, dry tobacco & leather with bright, fresh & withering; dark, red, some purple & blue flowers weaved into late blooming violets.
  
  The body is just full, fresh & lush. There is still a decent, tarry, slightly chewy tannin structure even after a little over 22 years in bottle. For me, the length, tension and balance are perfect. This bottle has another 5 and perhaps 7 years of good drinking ahead. It’s really delicious tonight. Slightly baked, stewed & ripe fruits of; blackberries, black cherries, blackberries that pop on the palate, black plum, strawberries, dry cranberries, boysenberries & blueberries. Steeped, black tea, dark berry cola, sage, bay leaf, dry, crushed rocks, limestone, sandstone/dry top soil, anise, some black licorice, soft; cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, melted, salted caramel, dark baking chocolate & liquid mocha, vanilla, dry twigs, understated, mid dark spice with perfect palate heat, tree bark/sap, mint, savory meats, peppercorns, rich, dark, slightly sweet earth, dry tobacco & leather, French oak barrel shavings, with bright, fresh & withering; dark, red, some purple & blue flowers weaved into late blooming violets. The acidity is round, phat & perfect. The long finish is delicious, an elegant lady, well balanced settling into some of the nicest, dark spices I can remember in sometime.
  
  In terms of pleasure, I would give this wine a 94 but, in technical terms, just misses it.
  
  Once again, I really love the 13% ABV. I wish Napa Cabernets had never risen above that level.

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  1/13/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 90 Points

  other liked this more than me... it had a nice aged Cali cab flavor profile, but was bigger than expected... perhaps the "bigness" came from a dominant oaky / smokey / ashtray thing that overpowered the solid fruit... this was too much for me, don't like smokey anyway and this had heaps... I might have said 88 or 89... my son and his friend said 91 / 92... my 90 is a compromise... couldn't help but wonder if this was damaged in some small way

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