Decanted about 4 hours, drank over the next 24. The cork was perfect. Tasting notes similar to last year. This wine has held up beautifully and is drinking very well right now. Doesn’t have the overtly jammy taste. Good balance, surprising aromatics.
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rarely purchase USA Cabernets as they are really not my style. My palate is more akin to old world wines from the Médoc and La Rioja in Spain. My local liquor store had been bought out and they were selling high price US wines heavily discounted. I saw this for $39 and I thought I would give it a go.
Decanted for 8 hours and wow it was still overwhelmingly powerful! Too much alcohol and too fruity “sweet”! I enjoy wines from the Rhône and Toros & Ribera del Dueros from Spain which have the same 15% alcohol content, but this is just a very un-sophisticated wine lacking complexity. I don’t understand why people pay three or four times what I paid.
I can see why some people like it, but it is just not my jam (it actually tastes like jam! ;😉)
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4/30/2024 - webbaker Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted about 4 hours, drank over the next 24. The cork was perfect. Tasting notes similar to last year. This wine has held up beautifully and is drinking very well right now. Doesn’t have the overtly jammy taste. Good balance, surprising aromatics.
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1/1/2024 - Oliverl1 Does not like this wine:
rarely purchase USA Cabernets as they are really not my style. My palate is more akin to old world wines from the Médoc and La Rioja in Spain. My local liquor store had been bought out and they were selling high price US wines heavily discounted. I saw this for $39 and I thought I would give it a go.
Decanted for 8 hours and wow it was still overwhelmingly powerful! Too much alcohol and too fruity “sweet”! I enjoy wines from the Rhône and Toros & Ribera del Dueros from Spain which have the same 15% alcohol content, but this is just a very un-sophisticated wine lacking complexity. I don’t understand why people pay three or four times what I paid.
I can see why some people like it, but it is just not my jam (it actually tastes like jam! ;😉)
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12/6/2023 - Ralphie1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Spectacular! Drink now, at it’s peak.
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11/23/2023 - markyc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Scrumptious, as expected. Decanted about a hour. Dark fruits forward. Thick and chewy. Fantastic Charlie Wagner example.
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9/4/2023 - Bello Spirito wrote:
Drank with Josh H and friends in San Diego
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