2016 William & Mary Proprietary Red Shifflett Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  10/19/2023 - SARED wrote: 92 Points

  Grape, vanilla, rounded, lush, smooth. 14.5% and can feel the weight. Non wine geek guests mostly preferred to 2016 GPL.

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  6/2/2023 - SARED wrote: 92 Points

  Bordeaux vs. Napa 101 (Bobby Vans 54th Street (Thanks Danny!)): Good wine and was pleasurable now. Fruit felt blue/purple, rounded, medium acidity, some vanilla still present on the wine. No rush to drink this now, but I think I prefer the straight cab in 2016.

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  4/2/2023 - DSaenz Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I picked up some of the green herbal notes called out in one of the other notes, and definitely picked up a nice layer of tannins. I didn't get an explosion of blue or red fruits, maybe a tiny strawberry. Not sure if this wine has shutdown and needs more time in bottle, or is this the peak. A really nice wine.

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  3/26/2023 - brigcampbell wrote:

  I tasted this one before it was released years ago and unfortunately lost my tasting notes. That's because Will had opened up about 30 bottles of wine. Lol
  
  I was excited to see this on the table and it stood up to all the praise. I like the style of Napa cab. A little more old school.

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  12/25/2022 - bottles.and.bites Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Blackberry, plum, savory tomato leaf, lush tannins, but not astringent. Dark chocolate, with acidity on the finish. Evolving in the glass and very pleasurable. Crushed gravel mineral. Back to rich fruit. Some smoked meatiness. And around it goes. Great with our steak dinner and umami mushroom sauce. But the continued evolution making it great to just sip through the night.

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