2010 Kelly Fleming Wines Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  6/14/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: 93 Points

  Nose: Beautiful black cherry, cedar, cocoa, mineral and bell pepper. Has an old school napa sensibility with richness of some more modern wines. Palalte: Broad entry that coats the palate with dark berries, cedar, tobacco and eucalyptus. More bell pepper and leather notes on the palate. Finish: Good length and you can see the oak polish here as the tannin sets in.
  
  Really well made wine with a bit of Classic Napa in its DNA.
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  6/23/2019 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 91 Points

  Tasting notes from the winery, “candied” - yes, absolutely. The fruit has a faux, jammy sweetness to it. “Brambleberry”, damn, I was thinking “blackberry” but ah yes, now I get the Anglo cousin was clearly more apt. ;-) And tobacco box? YES LOADS of it.
  
  On Day 1, this wine came across as a heavily manipulated jammy wine like a Cabernet sister to a Turkey Zin. Definitely not my speed. Cooperage was all over the nose and lingered heavily on the palate. Fruit was saturated and heavy. Day 2 things had integrated a bit and the cooperage died down from more forward oak to kind of a burnt vanilla reminiscent of all those Wagner wines. This came to me via Acme’s wine club, but this is not Napa’s best foot forward. I’m withholding any scoring because I recognize this is not my ball of wax, but I would go so far as to say that the QPR is quite poor.
  
  WINEMAKER TASTING NOTES: Vibrant aromas of candied cherry, brambleberry, sweet mint and black licorice intertwine seamlessly with aromas of toasted almond, cinnamon spice, and tobacco box

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  3/14/2017 - Hill of Grace wrote: 90 Points

  stewed fruit, little veggie, creme de cassis. pleasant mouth highlighted by nice baked strawberry with a little chop suey and vanilla bean.

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  12/18/2016 - Encinitas_Joe Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Decanted for an hour prior to first tasting. Bottle is drinking beautifully right now. Great color in the glass. Clean, long finish with great balance of fruit and tannins. I have liked this bottle previously but really enjoyed it at this time. We have one bottle left that I'm really going to look forward to opening.

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  7/31/2016 - Charlie.Gail Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Last bottle of 2010. Absolutely wonderful. Did not need to decant. Great bouquet, smooth, and nice finish. Wish I had another 6 bottles.

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