Christmas Eve dinner at the Palace. Went well with rare chateaubriand, spinach and potatoes. This really benefitted from double-decanting at home and then pouring into glssses and giving it more air time during the soup, salad and fish courses
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This is great example of Stags Leap Cab and would be a screaming bargain at $35 or less. On the nose it has plenty of dried spices and toasty oak. In mouth the fruits with raisiny currant and sour plumbs, typical tobacco wrapped tannins from mountain fruits. Finishes long but still a bit tight. This wine can probably go another 3-4 years before slowing down.
Remember you don't drink the label.
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12/24/2015 - mouton45 wrote: 90 Points
Christmas Eve dinner at the Palace. Went well with rare chateaubriand, spinach and potatoes. This really benefitted from double-decanting at home and then pouring into glssses and giving it more air time during the soup, salad and fish courses
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2/7/2012 - franco rosso wrote: 86 Points
Not much for a 90 rated wine. Very tannic which didn't mellow out after pouring; just too bitter. I can't recommend this wine.
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10/30/2011 - kietkopelli wrote: 92 Points
This is great example of Stags Leap Cab and would be a screaming bargain at $35 or less. On the nose it has plenty of dried spices and toasty oak. In mouth the fruits with raisiny currant and sour plumbs, typical tobacco wrapped tannins from mountain fruits. Finishes long but still a bit tight. This wine can probably go another 3-4 years before slowing down.
Remember you don't drink the label.
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12/25/2010 - mouton45 wrote: 90 Points
Did a 3-hour decant before Christmas dinner of grilled tenderloin. Good wine, not great. But everyone at the dinner table enjoyed seconds and thirds
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6/10/2008 - michigan dogs wrote: 93 Points
excellent, tasted while attending the neocon trade show in Chicago, one of the best wines I've tasted
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