2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel Cuvée

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 95.9 points

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  4/25/2024 - dube.varun@gmail.com wrote: 96 Points

  developing wonderfully. Tannins balanced with acid. Lot of black fruits -- blueberry, blackberry. drinking perfectly and can go another 5-10yrs

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  2/17/2024 - j5614.person@gmail.com Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Better after 1-2 hours. Integrated tannins and acid. Ripe dark fruits with medium toasted oak.

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  4/24/2023 - Crunge Likes this wine: 94 Points

  My first Lail. On a PnP at cellar temp, it was all fruit and seemed quite young. Blueberry, cherry, and plum flavors dominated. 2-3 hours of slow ox and some cola notes started to appear. I had a 2012 Insignia a couple of days before this and I preferred the Lail by a wide margin.

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  3/2/2023 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Consistent with past note

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  12/3/2022 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 96 Points

  At 10 years of age this could have been mistaken for the recent release. Freshness of fruit, silky tannins, and a very specific winemaking style that has become a bit predictable vintage to vintage. One of the bottlings that got me into wine. Quality juice that I think a good majority of Napa drinkers enjoy and I recommend to most folks looking to explore Napa.
  
  On day two it lost a lot of precision and almost rolled over. I've experience this with most vintage and think the drinking window is 4-6 hours on most of these wines.
  
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