2004 Blankiet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Paradise Hills Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (100) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  5/12/2024 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My selection for Mother’s Day. Out of a magnum that I had in my cellar for a little while. Opened about half an hour before lunch at a Portuguese restaurant. The wine was a bit acidic at first but now 2 hours later is singing the national anthem!
  
  Long finish and it shows no age at all, looks like a 7-10 years old wine.
  
  Drink or hold

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  5/3/2024 - Bluethunder wrote: 92 Points

  Drank over several hours. Dark fruit, cassis, cedar and tobacco with a fair amount of sediment .

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  8/13/2023 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Tasted/reviewed blind. A big, serious, mature wine. Lovely aromas of rose, tapenade, and smoky BBQ. Pronounced pyrazines (menthol/eucalyptus) greatly narrows what this could be (cabernet family for sure). I think this is Bordeaux. I’m going to guess right bank Bordeaux because the structure is plush and a little flabby, and the pyrazines are cab franc-like. Flabby, I must acknowledge, but this is glorious wine. It tastes about peak, but it should age well for at least 10 years. Rating: 95.

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  6/17/2023 - Peech Likes this wine: 93 Points

  drank 30 minutes after decanting. Lots of wood, plenty of sweet cassis, smoky, cedar. Very fragrant and floral.

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  5/19/2023 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Bad cork - even a Durand couldn’t save it, so I had some crumbles to taste through, but the underlying structure was lovely, as was the balanced fruit.

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