2013 William Harrison Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  2/27/2021 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep dark center, red/purple rim with a very little sign of age.
  Sweet, blueberries, cassis, very slight VA (adds character), a little buttery, iron, some more lifted raspberry coulis on the finish.
  Smooth, great fruit - plum, blackberry, nice toasty oak, good tannin and acidity, green olives, long finish.
  Excellent Harrison Cab, intense, good now with air, but will be better in 2-5 years.

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  2/3/2021 - mflesh wrote: 93 Points

  This wine has upside potential. It is probably 3 or 4 years from the top. These cabs seem to really be at their impressive state between 10 and 15 years, but this one definitely did not disappoint tonight. Served with Greek food, the very dense black cherry and volcanic property was very apparent in this wine. Black cherry cassis, herbal influence. Actually still very youthful and acidic entry, and the finish was a slight bit truncated I believe due to the stiff tannic character. I do look for this one to soften a bit on the front, and round out on the back in just a few short years. I would say the optimal drinking would be 2023 to 2024. I didn't decant this one, which was probably my biggest problem. If I had to cancel for about 2 hours, it probably would have shown better. Either way, it was gone within about 30 minutes between two drinkers, so......... Definitely worth owning or seeking out.

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  11/24/2019 - Lawino7 wrote: 93 Points

  The color of royalty for which Odysseus coined the phrase the wine dark sea. Nose of plums and berries. Round mouth feel with faint notes of lavender. Allow decant time, drinking well now yet will live well for 3-5 years more.

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  1/1/2019 - HOS wrote: 92 Points

  PnP. Smooth, currant and herbs. Nice finish.

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  9/21/2018 - Woodbridge Brad wrote: flawed

  From a 3 liter at Dr. Antonio Petrelli-Minetti memorial service Wm Harrison and my wife’s uncle. The bottle was super and was used as a toast to the passing of a generation.

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