2015 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Private Selection Aged in Bourbon Barrels

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 87.6 points

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  1/24/2024 - Alvito wrote:

  Excellent.

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  5/9/2020 - JRoman23 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  A solid wine that will keep the the non-discerning palette happy.

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  5/25/2018 - floridawinedrkr Likes this wine:

  pretty drinkable for a not good bottle of wine. This was served at a community school naples event for graduation. It wasn't horrible and it was the best thing they had. Wouldn't be my first choice for wine though.

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  3/8/2018 - shelbietang Likes this wine:

  Delicious

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  1/18/2018 - Bin707LoversDetroit Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Far & away the best of the lot of Bourbon barrel aged “fad?” Cabernet Sauvignon vins.
  
  We just drank our last 2014, of which we had purchased prolly two case worth. Now we’re getting into these 2015s. More than a few ‘16s in our cellar await. We have been enjoying these bottles for well over a year now, and decided we needed to finally tell you about it, if you were silly enough to read what we have to say.
  
  The whiskey-sweet aroma envelops what would likely otherwise be a relatively non-noteworthy Cab. The artfully timed months in the whiskey barrels lends itself to raising the buttery aspect- which for us is a good thing. It’s heavy with nice legs and body; a slightly smoky and nicely lingering finish of vanilla and cream.
  
  The BALANCE these winemakers have achieved is notable in that too much (or little?) whiskey would serve to disjoint the overall profile of the beverage, make all the flavors compete, and not drink as a cohesive whole- like what we have experienced in others of these bourbon Cabs. (See our Cask & Barrel review if you can’t sleep.) And we know good bourbon (See our Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel Sour Mash Kentucky Straight Bourbon review.)
  
  This winery’s potion is shapely, coherent, smooth and well-poised. Fruit & bourbon up front and the toasty-buttery-whiskey friends are all here- on display early and often. And it all lingers just the right amount. May we have another pour please?
  
  We drink this Cab often. Our friends drink it when they come over. They KNOW they’re going to enjoy good vins when they come to our place, and we’re in no way reluctant to introduce this Cali Cab with the caveat that even at such an inexpensive price, it offers the first levels, the infant stages, the juvenile steps into the world of complexity, there is just a layer or two here to bite on, to contemplate on the palate, to chew into, to learn what it means to drink a vin with breadth, girth, complex notes and flavors.
  
  All this, plunged into an $11 bottle- makes this, for us, a real winner of a vin. And for beginners in the wine world, at this price, buy a case and hold it for 2-3 years to enjoy it developing over time…
  
  Here’s something to “chew on”… When she is served it, knowing, she claims not to like it, not to like the whiskey-liquor aspect of it and claims to not like to "drink vanilla." When it’s offered to her blind, she appreciates it much. Every time. So there’s that…
  
  We hope the '16 is this good.

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