2007 Checkerboard Vineyards Kings Row

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  6/2/2023 - travelme Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Great bottle from Checkerboard. Second best wine behind a 15 Bevan Wildfoote. My lone bottle of this wine and thought it improved with air. Martha did a great job with this. Hope to find some more to try a more recent vintage. Silky integrated tannins and a plush finish on the palate. it was a pleasure to drink.

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  11/12/2021 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  Decanted and poured - didn't get a lot of air. This was the group favorite in a line-up of 3 Napa Cabs ('06 Larkmead and '08 Detert). The oak which was quite prominent at release, seems to have been mostly absorbed at this point. Dark and juicy fruit, softened tannins, long finish. While no longer my preferred style of wine, I still thought this was quite enjoyable. The rest of the group loved this, and the bottle disappeared quickly

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  6/12/2019 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Drinking well with an hour decant

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  2/24/2019 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Interesting and delightful bottle - my 3rd one in the recent few months. This one was fruit forward - full bodied dark fruit. Was expecting much less. All I can say is I bought 3 from the winery and 3 from an auction and didn't know which came from which. MAYBE different barrels. No prune here at all.

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  12/23/2018 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Same thoughts as last entry...monolithic big fruit forward with slight hint of prune. Have a couple left that I plan to finish off in the next year.

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