1988 Santa Carolina Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Rosa Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  4/16/2019 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Mistakenly included in a lot of California Cabernets, but no hard feelings...
  This wine showed extremely well despite/because of its advanced age.
  high shoulder fill, cork nearly fully saturated but still holding together.
  Hue quite extraordinary for its age. Could have passed for a 10 year old bottle.
  The cedar was very present on the nose originally, but subsided fairly rapidly.
  Classic Cabernet Sauvignon aromas with currant, cedar, spices. still a little fruit left, which i find remarkable.
  Elegantly balanced wine with soft tannins, great complexity and considerable length. The tannins are present but not agressive.
  12.0 5 alc. the american oak shows up a little but in a nice way.
  where do I find more of this?

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