1995 Behrens & Hitchcock Cabernet Sauvignon "Ink Grade"

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  5/19/2017 - JimN wrote: 90 Points

  Similar to my note from a few years ago. I always worry about these older bottles with synthetic corks, but this wine is in perfect condition with no signs of decline. The lower alcohol (13%) is nice as well. Can't say I noticed the "leesy mercapatan" that Parker highlighted. Really?

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  12/24/2014 - JimN wrote: 90 Points

  Aptly named! Almost black and coated your teeth. Lush and velvety with dark, brooding fruit. A bit too hot and too simple to score it higher. Enjoyable enough to drink while you are not really paying that much attention to what you are drinking, if that makes sense.

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  2/14/2011 - ianinvirginia wrote: 91 Points

  Slow ox-ed for 4 hours while checking in with small pours. At first, lots of meat and mocha on the nose, then the nose moves through aromatic tobacco into clove, and then peat. In the mouth, it's at its best at around 2 hours of air, with bitterness from a coffee note balancing blue fruit well. At around 3 hours, the bitterness softens, the sweetness starts to take over, and the black pepper bite on the finish isn't enough to keep it from seeming too plump.

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  4/4/2007 - BradKNYC wrote:

  1995 California Cabernet Horizontal (Mercy, mercy, mercy.) (Ruth's Chris.): I approached with hesitation. I've never been a fan of these wines, even on release as I find them completely unbalanced and hot. While youth has never been kind to these wines, imo, age is worse. There's a searing blast of alcohol on the nose, followed by an extraordinary rendition of a bottle of bourbon (and not a good one) on the palate. All alcohol and wood. A DNPIM (Do Not Put In Mouth) wine.

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  11/28/2005 - bsherwin wrote:

  What a disappointment. Bell pepper and iodine dominate whatever fruit there was on the nose. On the palate it was rather stemmy. Way out of balance. After a while some sour cherry came through, but if that's the best you can say about a wine...

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