Pop and Pour....cork crumbled, nice color crimson/cranberry color with touch of bricking. Fresh for it's age, lots of earth, wet stones, dark chocolate and cross of Raspberry/blackberry, light black tea. little bit of funk. 2nd hour-Cherry and raspberry and funk has almost disappeared, it is drinking like a 12-15 years wine not 25 years. Menthol peaking through. With Cheese Burgers/Sweet Potato Fries..... Hour 5 Cranberry, nice sour notes. Herbal and Soft, Tobacco, earth shinning. Great Bottle!
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Second Sunday Group: 2012 Napa Cabernets (Rich's & Dana's): Popped and poured. Initially very perfumed and floral- rose petals, lavender and potpourri- giving way to cherry and currant notes. Red berry fruit on the palate lingers through the finish. Fully-integrated, showing nice balance and length, still with a few years ahead of it at this level, say to 2020. Excellent. 92+ pts.
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1/26/2021 - JoeDwine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pop and Pour....cork crumbled, nice color crimson/cranberry color with touch of bricking. Fresh for it's age, lots of earth, wet stones, dark chocolate and cross of Raspberry/blackberry, light black tea. little bit of funk.
2nd hour-Cherry and raspberry and funk has almost disappeared, it is drinking like a 12-15 years wine not 25 years. Menthol peaking through.
With Cheese Burgers/Sweet Potato Fries..... Hour 5
Cranberry, nice sour notes. Herbal and Soft, Tobacco, earth shinning. Great Bottle!
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5/19/2017 - mfrome wrote:
Was good, but the Zin from the same year was great!
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10/9/2016 - AllRed wrote: 92 Points
Second Sunday Group: 2012 Napa Cabernets (Rich's & Dana's): Popped and poured. Initially very perfumed and floral- rose petals, lavender and potpourri- giving way to cherry and currant notes. Red berry fruit on the palate lingers through the finish. Fully-integrated, showing nice balance and length, still with a few years ahead of it at this level, say to 2020. Excellent. 92+ pts.
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3/3/2014 - JoeDwine wrote: 92 Points
Nice Crimson color with slight bricking. Earth, cedar, leather, raspberry, menthol peaking through. could last a few more years.
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4/6/2012 - biff_of_burl wrote: 91 Points
Still excellent, well sorted....even so well past the CT drinking window.
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