1990 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Alexander Valley

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  4/24/2022 - Cailles wrote: 87 Points

  48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): Six Napa wines were added to this Bdx tasting. 1990 was not an overly exciting vintage in Napa Valley, clearly overshadowed by the 91/92/94 vintages. Almost all of the wines are past peak with not enough fruit left. In addition the vintages misses a bit of charm and creaminess and remains rather on the astringent side of things. The only star was the Heitz Martha’s Vineyard (94 pts) which showed complex, savoury, balanced and creamy with that typical Martha’s mint kick. Opus (92 pts) and Heitz Bella Oaks (91 pts) were still ok, while the La Jota Howell Mt (86 pts) and Simi Reserve (87 pts) and Latour Beaulieu Reserve (dead) were past peak.
  
  TN: Astringent nose. A touch alcohol, lots of freshness. Not an exciting nose. On the palate this is fresh, Pauillac like with loads of minerality, herbs but missing the roundness of the tannins, missing the creaminess and the complexity. On the downhill, got worse and less clean by the minute. 87

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  1/23/2022 - bvivio Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Appearance: medium+ ruby, garnet highlights, starting to show some bricking at the edges, medium tearing, no staining, good amount of fine sediment.
  
  Nose: clean, developing, pronounced intensity, blackcurrant, black cherry, red plum, charred red bell pepper, graphite, bay leaf, crushed gravel, cigar box, leather, coffee grounds, brown sugar, baked plum.
  
  Palate: dry, medium+ acid, medium+ tannin, medium alcohol (13.0%), medium+ body, medium+ intensity, long finish, blackcurrant, black cherry, red plum, charred red bell pepper, graphite, bay leaf, crushed gravel, cigar box, leather, coffee grounds, brown sugar, baked plum.

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  11/17/2017 - David Hamren Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Stunning, mature, rich, layered, complex, Very Fine

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  10/16/2017 - prof b wrote:

  Classic cabernet. Red fruits combined with tertiary elements, just what I needed to scratch the itch.

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  6/11/2017 - dino_mike wrote: 90 Points

  Surprisingly youthful, rich, minerals and dark berry fruit. The fine yet somewhat dry tannins persist, but never take over so the wine stays interesting. This could even go another year or 2 but is wonderful now. My earlier bottles showed the tannins where quite dry and pronounces but this has aged nicely.

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