2007 Respite Cabernet Sauvignon Reichel Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  4/13/2013 - LeChapeau wrote: 92 Points

  A very promising cab that needs a good 10 or 15 years to come into its own. This is a big wine with loads of structure. Cassis, powdered cocoa, caramel and a bit of earth on the nose, full bodied and rich in the mouth, long finish. It might be marked down a little as being a bit more extracted than might be desired, but I think that will help the fruit hold up in the long run. I might get a coupe more bottles of this to tuck away. I suspect that it will be a gorgeous bottle given enough time to develop.

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  2/7/2012 - Adam T 12 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Solid wine. Full bodied, a bit tart, cherries, a bit thin but I like it. Seems like it could improve with age.

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  3/4/2011 - Stosh wrote: 88 Points

  Kinda funny for a Cali Cab -- more Rhone on the nose than anything else, with pepper, mushrooms and forest floor on the nose. A light cherry color and (too) thin mouthfeel, but it is interesting enough to keep it in the 90's -- tart and salty, but enough weight to it to make it a good food wine, although maybe not a sipper. Not sure I'd search for it again, but a decent choice nonetheless.
  
  Few days later -- revising score to 88 from 91. Still kinda weak and thin.

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  2/19/2011 - WVWine wrote: 92 Points

  Pleasantly surprised by this wine. Dark color violet color, smells of cassis and spice box. Would not have pegged this as from Sonoma.

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