This is excellent. Shows the mineral notes I associate with Mt. Veeder cabs, along with blackberry, coffee, and hickory smoke (in a good way). Full bodied, with moderate tannins on the back end. Really nice stuff, and with many good years ahead of it.
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Deep indigo color. Beautiful aroma of crushed berries upon opening. Cassis, plum, raspberry, clove and a touch of oak on the palate. Quite full bodied with grippy tannins. This is drinking quite well right now but will likely last another 5 years. This was made with fruit from the old Robin Williams property. Hard to believe the change in property ownership to Tesseron alone drove up the retail price more than 3X.
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Hard to ask for anything more. This is just a great wine. After about 30 minutes, it smells like a bowl of crushed blackberries. The tannins are resolved for my palette so while I think this will hold for another 5 years at least, I'm not convinced that it will improve. Fairly solid acidity makes this great with food, or without.
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One of the best wines I've had in a long time. Well made with a long fine grained finish. This just explodes from the glass with blueberry and blackberry and begs you to drink. This wine delivers what a Cab lover wants.
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9/21/2023 - EMTAME wrote: 94 Points
This is excellent. Shows the mineral notes I associate with Mt. Veeder cabs, along with blackberry, coffee, and hickory smoke (in a good way). Full bodied, with moderate tannins on the back end. Really nice stuff, and with many good years ahead of it.
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12/29/2022 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep indigo color. Beautiful aroma of crushed berries upon opening. Cassis, plum, raspberry, clove and a touch of oak on the palate. Quite full bodied with grippy tannins. This is drinking quite well right now but will likely last another 5 years. This was made with fruit from the old Robin Williams property. Hard to believe the change in property ownership to Tesseron alone drove up the retail price more than 3X.
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1/1/2022 - tphilca Likes this wine: 95 Points
Hard to ask for anything more. This is just a great wine. After about 30 minutes, it smells like a bowl of crushed blackberries. The tannins are resolved for my palette so while I think this will hold for another 5 years at least, I'm not convinced that it will improve. Fairly solid acidity makes this great with food, or without.
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11/7/2020 - madvitale Likes this wine: 94 Points
Most excellent. Great berry fruit. Long finish. On of the nicest Cabs I've had.
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10/24/2020 - Garfield Likes this wine: 96 Points
One of the best wines I've had in a long time. Well made with a long fine grained finish. This just explodes from the glass with blueberry and blackberry and begs you to drink. This wine delivers what a Cab lover wants.
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