2011 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 35th Anniversary Reserve Spring Mountain District

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 92.1 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View spacewrangler's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/14/2020 - spacewrangler wrote: 94 Points

  This is a stunner for a 2011. Needs air, which fleshes out green bell pepper, milk chocolate and cool mountain berry aromas. The palate is so chewy in a great way for 2011, the density of fruit combined with the still slightly firm tannins foretells a long life ahead. Delicious now with a decant.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Baron Slick's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/26/2019 - Baron Slick wrote: 94 Points

  Beautiful wine. It displays the best of Spring Mountain terroir and defies the off-year label of the cold, wet 2011 vintage. Rich, dense, powerful, and youthfully structured, with plump, textural layers of savory dark cherries, creme de cassis, melted licorice, tomato leaf, and perfectly integrated oak. It’s tremendously balanced and gorgeous with a two hour decant. Best of all it will make old bones. Worth every penny.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Deadsetmonkey's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/26/2018 - Deadsetmonkey Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tannis still prominent.
  Earthy and rich.
  Vermiculite.
  Hopefully as tannins recede, berries/fruit will become more prominent.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View CabIPA's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/3/2016 - CabIPA Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow! Evolving extremely fast or just a totally different bottle. This bottle was like a Bordeaux. Pencil lead, red fruit, barnyard, and loamy earth on the palate and nose. This wine has changed immensely over the last year. I'm very excited to see how it continues to evolve. If you have a bottle no reason to wait.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View CabIPA's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/14/2016 - CabIPA Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Had a bottle six months ago. It was tight, closed, a lot of tannins.
  
  Fast forward 6 months. Time has done this 2011 well! Really starting to open up. Lots of dark red fruit. Nice acidity. The tannins have calmed but are still present. Drinking well right now and should continue to improve for the next few years.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 7 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.