1980 Kalin Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Barbara

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91 points

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  3/28/2020 - klezman wrote:

  Last time, 7 years ago, I said this was surprisingly young - no more. This has evolved very nicely and happily shows us a red fruited and peppery personality at 40 years of age.

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  7/21/2013 - jkwatson Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nice, clean, well-aged Cabernet. Love it!

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  3/9/2013 - klezman Likes this wine:

  Gorgeous. Amazing wine. I didn't know what to expect when opening this one, as I'd heard interesting things about Kalin. Once I popped and sniffed, though, I was impressed. The cork had a bit of trouble coming out, but nothing a better corkscrew wouldn't have prevented. Plenty of sludge in the bottle but not a lot of tartrate.
  
  Flavour-wise, it's cranberries and earth. Maybe red currant. The secondary notes are there and peeking around form the corner but this is surprisingly young, lively and fresh tasting. The colour was rusty yet red. Light/medium bodied. I almost can't believe it's from Santa Barbara, but this is a real find. No signs of it being at the end of its life, although I have no baseline for this wine.

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  12/26/2012 - jkwatson Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This bottle of wine was purchased at an online K&L auction. Cork was saturated and required delicate handling to remove from the bottle. The wine was definitely bricked around the edges. Smell of old wine: pencil shavings, etc. Definitely tasted of well-aged Cabernet. It still had a bit of fruit, plenty of acidity and some tannic structure left. We enjoyed it with prime rib and mashed potatoes for Christmas dinner. If anyone else has any bottles besides me, I'd drink them soon.

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