Too many cabs for the low amount of beef we eat! Good w/ thick, loin lamb chops. No longer at its best. Aged leather nose. Got better in the glass. Then gave up nice blackberry, anise, cedar, leather.
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Nose of black cherry fruit, spearmint, leather, and cedar, more of the same on the palate, big body, showing its age with rich fruit, cherry and mint driven, delicious, elegant, mouth filling fruit, brought back memories of Joe Heitz phoning to say release day is coming and hope to see you, terrific personality and winemaker, and a long, flavorful finish, nostalgic good bye to an end of an era.
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a beautiful old lady was this bottle, opened with a whiff of funk but that blew off quickly, then was very reserved for about three hours of decant, you could tell the body was there but not out playing in the yard, put back in bottle around 3pm and opened for drinks dinner at 6pm... this was beautiful, on the elegant side, with red currants and slight spice / cedar flavors, good acidity for lift and med + body... red fruits throughout the night, the magnum was 90% done when I gassed it at 11pm and tonight she is hanging on but past peak... I've had some better Bella Oaks but this was a true delight... a toast to old Cali cabs of days gone by
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Best bottle (@ Weindorf Kirchheim): Intense, youthful, deep ruby red color. Nose muted. On the palate this wine is a stunner: Extract sweetness, fruit, eucalyptus notes, elegant, velvet tannin, perfectly ripe. This perfect bottle would certainly stay there on this level for some more time.
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8/31/2020 - roxles Likes this wine:
Too many cabs for the low amount of beef we eat! Good w/ thick, loin lamb chops. No longer at its best. Aged leather nose. Got better in the glass. Then gave up nice blackberry, anise, cedar, leather.
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1/1/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 99 Points
Nose of black cherry fruit, spearmint, leather, and cedar, more of the same on the palate, big body, showing its age with rich fruit, cherry and mint driven, delicious, elegant, mouth filling fruit, brought back memories of Joe Heitz phoning to say release day is coming and hope to see you, terrific personality and winemaker, and a long, flavorful finish, nostalgic good bye to an end of an era.
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12/3/2018 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
a beautiful old lady was this bottle, opened with a whiff of funk but that blew off quickly, then was very reserved for about three hours of decant, you could tell the body was there but not out playing in the yard, put back in bottle around 3pm and opened for drinks dinner at 6pm... this was beautiful, on the elegant side, with red currants and slight spice / cedar flavors, good acidity for lift and med + body... red fruits throughout the night, the magnum was 90% done when I gassed it at 11pm and tonight she is hanging on but past peak... I've had some better Bella Oaks but this was a true delight... a toast to old Cali cabs of days gone by
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8/18/2016 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 92 Points
Best bottle (@ Weindorf Kirchheim): Intense, youthful, deep ruby red color. Nose muted. On the palate this wine is a stunner:
Extract sweetness, fruit, eucalyptus notes, elegant, velvet tannin, perfectly ripe. This perfect bottle would certainly stay there on this level for some more time.
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11/13/2014 - milesdavis wrote: flawed
Corked
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