2016 Staglin Family Cabernet Sauvignon Estate

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 95.5 points

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  2/27/2024 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Consistent tasting note from when I posted a note on this wine back in December. This is hands down one of my favorite bottles of California Cabernet. This is an incredibly well made wine that is drinking so well right now even after a short 30 minute decant. Loved it.

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  1/18/2024 - Blue Jay Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Silky smooth tannins and flavors of blackberries, plum, mocha and leather with complex layers and a long finish

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  12/14/2023 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  As a guy who prefers old world wine vs new world, I absolutely loved this bottle of wine. It is probably one of the best bottles of California Cabernet that I’ve had in recent memory. Incredibly balanced where fruit, acidity, alcohol, and tannin were in an almost perfect measure. This is how California Cabernet should be made. The finish was so pure and so long that it went on for over a minute. Decanted for an hour but it was great straight out of the bottle too.

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  11/22/2023 - RayT Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Decanted this 3 hours and took to a wine bar to drink for Friendsgiving. This wasn't as smooth as my last bottle nor as powerful. This could have used more air.
  
  Purple in color with flavors of black currant, blackberry, dark cherry violets, and cedar. The fruit didn't have the same burst as the last bottle I had 18 months ago. I feel like maybe the bottle is transitioning a bit. I will hold my last bottle for another year.
  
  This bottle was a 95+ for me. Just a touch better then a Realm Bard which is not good enough at this price point.

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  10/29/2023 - Bwallace Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wow, just an amazing cab! Clicking on all cylinders all the way to the last sip.

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