2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon Indian Wells

Community Tasting Notes (101) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  6/26/2021 - novocane wrote: 92 Points

  This has aged nicely, and still has legs.
  
  On a warm summer day, with rainier cherries, bugles and cold water.
  
  The cork was super dark, inky, with intense blueberry and a little wet forest floor. Wine also super deep ink, with just the beginning that the wine is turning to a more brown/rust. The nose is very much like the cork with super ripe, sweet peak of season blueberries, and a little freshly rained forest floor. Kind of baking blueberry pie smell.
  
  The taste is intense, there is a little bit of dark berries, but it doesn’t have the sweetness the smell suggests. A very dry front, with dark fruit, cigar, and a bit of cedar. On the back some of that dark fruit expresses itself, followed by a little spice on the throat. Kind of old world.
  
  After 3 days in vacuvin, the flavors really changed. The wine opened up, those blueberry notes expressing themselves and the austere old world has been replace by sweet juice with a sharp back.
  
  This wine could age longer, but it’s my last bottle. Pretty darn good for $24 Costco mass market bottle.

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  2/13/2021 - callmeacab22 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  3rd of 3 Bottles opened over 8 years. At least as good and possibly even better with age. Full bodied, with a long flavor profile. Chateau Ste. Michelle has always been a personal favorite.

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  4/12/2020 - timankett@hotmail.com wrote:

  Cascis

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  4/12/2020 - timankett@hotmail.com wrote:

  Well aged max another 2-3 years

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  1/19/2019 - callmeacab22 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  No notes, but a nice solid Washington State cab at a good value.

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