2012 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  4/20/2023 - Islamabadbadbad Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Beautiful ruby brick color. Initial nose fresh dill, vanilla, cassis, overripe strawberry, chocolate, Hawthorne fruit. Palate has medium acid, velvety tannins with just enough grip, mild etoh. Also notes of sour cherry, sage, tobacco leaf. So well balanced. After 1 hour, dill/vanilla fading and developing some espresso, five spice, red fruit is now more pronounced. 2-3 hours more plum, ripe cherry, green bark taste. Finish seems to last forever. Really enjoyed this wine as it developed. So we’ll made. I will return for more of their wines.

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  4/2/2023 - nkirsch Likes this wine: 92 Points

  started a little tight but the flavors opened up after a couple of hours

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  2/7/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Napa 2023: the quieter version; 2/6/2023-2/11/2023 (Napa/Sonoma California): To drink now this would be my favorite of the three. Mostly made with Howell Mtn grapes but it’s the younger vines, etc that end up in this blend. It’s still a bit more intense and darker and brooding in nature but not quite as much as the siblings (08 and 17 Howell). Nice acid and balance. Feels like this wine could age forever.

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  11/28/2022 - Cabernet4me2 wrote:

  Hoping it was just an off bottle as have to say this was not drinking nearly to the level I would expect from a Dunn, even being just the Napa.
  
  This had a slight funk, not sure if corked or maybe a bad cork and a bit oxidized? I bought them on release and have always been cellared, so these were never exposed to any heat....
  
  Just tasted a bit flat and compared to a few other bottles drank next too, a BR Cohn, and few others not really in that league, it was disappointing. I have two more, so hopefully the next one will be better, and dont plan to wait to long before revisiting just in case they are on the downslide.
  
  If rating would have given a 90-91.

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  11/22/2022 - Redteeth wrote:

  This bottle was decanted thoroughly. The cork was sound and there was a fair amount of sediment.
  The wine was enjoyable and exhibited classic Napa characteristics, including a bit of Sage. In my opinion the oak was beginning to dominate. So, I suggest it may be good to open this vintage up and enjoy it while the fruit hangs around.

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