1989 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (41) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  4/29/2024 - wineton.mee wrote: 91 Points

  Similar notes to Pavel below. Thought this a super tuscan wine by the sheer size of it, as old Napas can be rather mellow after these amount of age. Copious amount of dark fruits, tannins, alot of muscle and gusto, though rather one dimensional at that. Probably better with a lot more age.

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  4/26/2024 - pavel_p wrote: 90 Points

  Jason's birthday: Own bottle. This was as expected the fun pairing with the 89 Calon Segur and guesses double blind mostly around Right Bank Bdx, but I was secretly hoping for a bit more from this wine as this was a perfect bottle with an in neck fill and a barely stained cork. Still rich dark fruit but lacked in complexity and depth even when compared to the good but not great Calon Segur. On the positive side this is good for another 15 years in my eyes as the rest of the bottle did not move a bit 24h later.

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  4/26/2024 - melvinyeowq wrote:

  Jason's birthday: Was quite sure this was new-world because of the minty/eucalyptus note but oscillated between US and Australia. Similar to the '89 Baron - remarkably youthful colour, very structured with drying, unresolved tannins that made it difficult to drink at first but softened with air.

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  3/7/2024 - blanquito wrote: 91 Points

  Very good, a classic from the old school Cali cab playbook. Shows overly dry on the midpalate at first before food, but smells terrific and could fool you into thinking it is a Bordeaux bouquet. The palate is linear and very minty with cassis and plum, its tannins are in a good place. It has some of that overt roundness that old New World cabs can get which leaves them a little limp, but the Dunn acids and structure are sufficient here to eschew the worst of those sins. Very good, does yeoman work with a ribeye.

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  5/25/2023 - mowtod Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Surprised by the fruit still evident in bouquet and flavor —cherries and dark berries . No tannins . Short on any complexity

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