2015 Kaiken Cabernet Sauvignon Ultra

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  12/25/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Retail $20. 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec. Heavy bottle (715g). Under cork. I last tasted this a couple of years ago, and it was wonderful. Not much different tonight as it is gangbusters with similar notes. Twenty bucks? Heck yeah.
  
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  8/29/2021 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Retail $20. 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Malbec. Under cork. On my only visit to the winery, back in 2017, I was impressed with this wine. So impressed, that I bought a couple of bottles to bring back to Houston. Yes, I laid down some of my "hard-earned" cash to "smuggle" back a few wines from Kaiken and this Cab did not disappoint. At. All. Quite dark with black fruit (plum, blackberry), mocha, and anise on the nose, this is already close to a whoa. The palate is surprisingly fruity, lush, tart, and fantastic (I expected a much more brooding, introspective wine). At twenty bucks? This over-delivers, serving as both a crowd-pleaser and a more serious wine, a tightrope that is walked by so very few.
  
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  9/7/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Rich and powerful fruit on that.

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  10/31/2017 - Double-A wrote: 88 Points

  Overt, rubbery, oak nose over black currant fruit. Big bodied with firm, gripping Cabernet tannins; rich, long finish.
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