Beautiful wine! Just back from Cancun... Very dark color. Dark garnet... Notes of graphite, leather, dried flowers, subtle dark berry; rich and dark on the palate. Slight tannic edge; tart. Balanced. Very enjoyable napa cab for me.
Decanted for an hour which was not enough. Used handheld immersible froth unit to froth glass 100%. Opened up quickly to expose a smooth well balance cab. Not as fruit forward as some cali cabs. Structure more similar to a big Italian red from Tuscany. Pronounced acid which worked well with our ribeye.
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4/6/2024 - dlcass Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful wine! Just back from Cancun... Very dark color. Dark garnet... Notes of graphite, leather, dried flowers, subtle dark berry; rich and dark on the palate. Slight tannic edge; tart. Balanced. Very enjoyable napa cab for me.
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11/26/2023 - yossarian.livez wrote: 91 Points
Cassis, touch of oak. Touch of herb and mineral. Deep and pure for entry level Cab in Napa. Nice acid and touch of heat
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11/5/2023 - Joejanick1 wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for an hour which was not enough. Used handheld immersible froth unit to froth glass 100%. Opened up quickly to expose a smooth well balance cab. Not as fruit forward as some cali cabs. Structure more similar to a big Italian red from Tuscany. Pronounced acid which worked well with our ribeye.
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8/28/2023 - Bruce W. Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good Napa cab. But not as good as I expected an 8 year old larkmead cab to be.
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7/22/2023 - Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very good -- more tannic and restrained than other vintages -- seemed a bit on the light side
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