2012 Amapola Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Estate

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  11/26/2023 - baucoin wrote:

  Decanted 3 hours. Nice with a steak, but not super complex.
  Probably should drink the 2nd one by 2027 (Lord willing).

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  10/4/2021 - Coachron13 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Opened an hour before drinking, no decant. Fruit is no longer primary, tasted more Bordeaux than Napa/Sonoma. Minerality starting to show through.

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  5/2/2021 - deekmon wrote: 92 Points

  93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot

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  2/20/2021 - srh Likes this wine:

  Cf. the CellarTracker Article link [lower lft] to get specific info for this vintage, including acclaim.
  
  Bot# A6026; 40 min decant into a plastic, cylindrical pitcher which was then closed; Some VERY fine sediment in the bottle's neck; Private Preserve after Day 1.
  
  N: Tough to parse; Coffee, ripe plums, some choc, hints of pyrazines, poss smoke?
  
  P: MF body; Rndish entry with NICE, almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which seamlessly transitions into a QUITE LONG finish with a BEAUTIFUL bitter/swtness to the few, innocuously firming tannins. As with our previous bottle, once again worked well with our Smkd BBQ Pulled Pk Butt & Smkd BBQ Pk Ribs.
  
  // Day 2: FRAGRANT with the same elements; Now M bodied, it has held nicely, working well with the CHX Parmigiana (HmMd) & COSTCO Ravioli(Spin/Ricotta)/Marinara.
  
  // Day 3: Has gotten firmer, but not unreasonably so; Better by itself than with the night's Grn Bean Stew/Sausage/Beef [HmMd], which it seemed to overpower.
  
  // ∑: 15.1% ABV; My EXC (92,93/100 using that metric) for this wine which MAY still be a yr or so away from peaking, then drinking through '25. Plus, I'd be open to pleas for EXC+ based upon the QPR of the $34.95 pd for it in Aug '18.
  
  Note: My 3rd taste of this vintage

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  2/14/2021 - well-red Likes this wine: 93 Points

  drinking beautifully right now.

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