2009 Atalon Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  1/30/2021 - Kayaking Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This is my first Nappa Valley wine, and I am impressed. I can not improve on the last two tasting notes - well written. The only addition is that oak is seamlessly placed and balanced rounding off on the finish. No hurry to drink - quality stuff.

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  6/9/2020 - noni15 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  I can properly say this is the best QPR by far in my 25 plus years of tasting wine. I tried this wine 8 years ago and it blew me away. Unfortunately I did not save any bottle to see the evolution of this wine later on, luckily I found this wine in an auction and jumped on it..I wanted to see the evolution after 8 years...beautiful..no formal notes (see my original notes...did not change much but all integrates beautifully now).

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  2/3/2019 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 90 Points

  At ten years of age, this wine is still a youthful opaque ruby in color. It is likewise still youthful in its aromatic and flavor profile, with black currants, dark bramble fruits, licorice and loamy earth. Full-bodied and with nicely integrated alcohol (listed as 14.6%), it is freshly acidic and still has a fair amount of unresolved tannins. The middle palate is dense and the finish has good length, but watch out for the tannic bite at the back end. This still needs time. Sadly, it was my last bottle. Drink 2020-2029.

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  7/6/2015 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This wine has budged very little since my last tasting almost two years ago (7/21/2013). Opaque ruby/red in color, it offers aromas of cassis, blackberry, vanilla and loamy earth. Full-bodied, freshly acidic, seamlessly alcoholic (despite being listed as 14.6%) and with substantial firm tannins, it stays solid in the middle and closes with a medium-to-long, somewhat astringent finish. I am inclined to conclude that this wine needs more time than I had previously assumed. Drink 2017-2025.

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  1/3/2015 - Gator96 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Capital grill

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