2016 Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 86.1 points

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  5/10/2023 - IrishThinclad wrote: 88 Points

  Nice finish. Not overly peppery. Still solid in 2023

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  10/13/2022 - kmicho Likes this wine: 86 Points

  Great QPR wine. Paid $12, drinks a little above that price point. Smoke and a fruit bomb are what we got. Easy to drink. Will buy again as a “daily” sort of drinker.

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  10/9/2019 - Baron Slick wrote: 87 Points

  Currants, chocolate, incense, and smoke are wrapped around an open knit, full bodied, bubble gum-like personality. Not too shabby.

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  8/31/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Sat, 08/31/19, $2 Tasting (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 95% C.S., 3% Merlot, & 2% P.S. harvested 10/11-15/16; “Barreled down after primary fermentation into 10% new AM & FR oak for 17 mos;” 13.5% ABV, 0.62 g/L T.A., & 3.87 pH; 65,000 cases produced.
  
  N: RIPE, JAMMY berries with POSS undertones of pyrazines?
  
  P: LM, poss Med, body; RNDISH entry with ALMOST swtish frt (suspect threshold R.S.) counterbalanced by the BAREST *hint* of astringent pucker which stays in touch with the init swtness/frt as it transtions into a LONG, poss very, VERY slightly bitterish finish with a distinct, at times, raisiny SWTNESS to the few, dusty tannins. For now & into '21 in a R.S. style. My VG+; 89 pts & "Editors’ Choice" WE @ $16, 88 Wine Align (11/2/18), 4/5* from spiritofwine.blogspot.com , & Silver from '19 S.F. Chronicle Comp @ $17.99. [Check with this vendor if interested in their very COMPETITIVE price.]

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  5/25/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Sat, 05/25/19, $2 Tasting (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 95% C.S., 3% Merlot, & 2% P.S. harvested 10/11-15/16; “Barreled down after primary fermentation into 10% new AM & FR oak for 17 mos;” 13.5% ABV, 0.62 g/L T.A., & 3.87 pH; 65,000 cases produced.
  
  N: RIPE, likely JAMMY, berries with distinct notes of pyrazines
  
  P: Med body; RNDISH entry with nice, ALMOST swtish frt (suspect threshold R.S.) met by but a SMIDGIN of astringent pucker which fairly seamlessly transitions into a LONG, finish with an intensely tangy/SWTNESS to the dusty tannins. A threshold R.S. style that some might want to cellar 6-12 mos for the (to me, unoffensive) tannins to resolve. Otherwise, for now & through '21 (safely). NICELY done for such a style, & neither are we being asked to pay an arm & a leg for it. My EXC-; 89 pts & "Editors’ Choice" WE @ $16, 4/5* from spiritofwine.blogspot.com , & Silver from '19 S.F. Chronicle Comp @ $17.99. [Check with this vendor if interested in their very COMPETITIVE price.]

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