Wine remains deep purple to the edge. No sign of aging even though I had misplaced and forgotten about it in the cellar for several years. Nose pleasant with cherry and earthy notes with a hint of vanilla and dark spice. As others have said, not overly layered but near perfection on the palate from a tactile sense. Still showing excellent fruit with big mid palate structure and flavor diminishing somewhat quickly on the back end.
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Lots of dark fruit on the nose & attack without much in the way of secondaries. As another taster mentioned, it finishes a bit short, but it has such a rich velvety mouth feel I won't quibble. You won't spend as much time with your nose in the glass as usual, but you'll probably drink it much more quickly.
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10/2/2021 - Crusty Reader Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great color and body. Allspice in the nose. Dry, astringent, black plum fruit with long, tobacco finish.
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4/22/2018 - dmitchell4 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Outstanding Cab.
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1/6/2018 - scg wrote: 93 Points
Wine remains deep purple to the edge. No sign of aging even though I had misplaced and forgotten about it in the cellar for several years. Nose pleasant with cherry and earthy notes with a hint of vanilla and dark spice. As others have said, not overly layered but near perfection on the palate from a tactile sense. Still showing excellent fruit with big mid palate structure and flavor diminishing somewhat quickly on the back end.
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11/27/2016 - mkoss Likes this wine: 90 Points
Seems much more simple now, I don't like it nearly as much as I did last year. Not sure if this vintage has peaked already.
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7/31/2016 - millerarner Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lots of dark fruit on the nose & attack without much in the way of secondaries. As another taster mentioned, it finishes a bit short, but it has such a rich velvety mouth feel I won't quibble. You won't spend as much time with your nose in the glass as usual, but you'll probably drink it much more quickly.
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