2013 Caldwell Cabernet Sauvignon Gold Caldwell Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 94.2 points

• Options

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

  2/11/2024 - GJVines Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Open in bottles for 3 hours then decanted. Just a ridiculously great nose of sinus-filling complexity -- fruits, fig, pine, a touch of menthol, some oak, the scents went on and on. I'd give it 100 points if scoring on just the nose. On the palate, this is a big wine, but so well balanced and smooth that it was a decadent treat. Dark inky color, dark fruits, round tannins, looong finish. Despite it's great depth, it was somehow lifted, not heavy, with a silky mouthfeel. We drank two bottles, the first mostly by itself, the second with grilled vacio and sides. This wine was so profound that I enjoyed it more by itself than with the beef, and that's why I could "only" give it a 97 - it's a solo performer, not an ensemble member. To me, this is a "sip and savor" wine to be enjoyed with very good friends and or loved ones with nothing more than maybe just some crackers to accompany it. I think this is drinking about as well as it can right now; if you have some, I'd open it up in the next two years.

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

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View mdh az's profile
  • Report Issue

  2/10/2024 - mdh az Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Decanted for two hours. Silky, luxurious feel across the entire palate. Dark fruit like blackberry and plum enhanced with hints of tobacco/leather.

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

• Options

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

  6/29/2019 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Eight hour decant. Nearly opaque ruby magenta color. Plum, boysenberry, walnut, prune, candle wax and spruce on the rich, subtly aged nose. Plush, velvety, prune-laden palate, with fine/full acidity. Full, round tannins on the medium+ finish.
  
  This is a luxurious wine that is just starting to exhibit signs of age in the nose and palate. It’s likely just beyond its peak for my palate.

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

• Options

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

  11/26/2016 - CarguyGM wrote: 94 Points

  What a great wine , light on the tongue with a huge finish , decanted three hours opened up beautifully !

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

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Millennial Drinkers's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/7/2016 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 92 Points

  Made of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Beautiful dark ruby red. Nose is coated in dark berries, dark cocoa and tobacco. Heavy tannins (8/10) and super extracted with dark fruits, some plums, creme de cassis and tobacco. Full and balanced body with a long lingering finish. Drink till 2026.

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

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.