2018 Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon Rhadamanthus

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  12/2/2023 - haldolugr wrote: 99 Points

  Wow. Total stunner. Thanksgiving dinner bottle. A beautiful cabernet in all ways!

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  7/4/2023 - haldolugr wrote: 97 Points

  Only a 30 minute decant but this wine was humming. Nicely balanced from the initial sip all the way through to the finish. It will age great but it's drinkable anytime with some air. Dark fruit with a touch of chocolate and spice. Utterly delicious.

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  11/13/2022 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Some Special Wines with a New Friend....well, sort of new! (Jason's House): First, this was drank on the 12th, but using this date for putting together a tasting story...this was opened with an 18 Anjea (Kinsman) and an 18 Impensata...all three wines were compliments of Marvin, who graciously provided these wines because I asked him to bring some of Nigel's wines, and specifically a Rhad (this wine) because I wanted to taste it with some air and enjoy a glass over a long period of time to follow its development.
  
  Well, let me begin by saying I made a mistake, because now I am even more bummed I was not on Kinsman's list to be able to purchase this wine, and it was all sold out when I went to Napa and tasted with Shae (although she did manage to bring some of this to the tasting, which I was grateful for!) This is outstanding wine and the quality comes through in spades! I wish I had some (may as well be greedy...I wish I had cases) of this tucked away in my cellar because as good as it is now, you tell it will be something very special down the road...all the components for a world class wine are there. Hopefully, someone will invite me over in a few years to taste this again! (I know I can't count on Marvin, because he still incapable of holding anything that long....you know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions!) Although, I must admit two things, first, if he wasn't Marvin, I may not have gotten him to bring a bottle of this! Second, he does try, but like me, he is too weak! I have the benefit of a big cellar, so much easier for me to hold wines.
  
  OK...enough babbling, let's get down to brass tacks....The nose on the wine is incredible, tons of black fruit and lilacs with notes of graphite, spice, oak and vanilla. On the palate, gobs of black fruit, including blackberry and cassis, some cedar notes, some anise, some sweet tobacco and toasty oak. The can taste the structure of the wine, the tannins are smooth, but still slightly chewy, the acidity is there keeping the fruit lively, of course, the fruit is pure and not overly sweet. The palate also shows layers of dark and milk chocolate, some cigar box, some baking spice and some blackberry cobbler, finishing with toasted oak, cocoa and vanilla. This alone would be enough to make you fall in love with this wine.
  
  However, a few hours later, the profile changes on the nose and palate purple flowers (violets) become even more prevalent, the chocolate starts to come through more, and blue fruits start to emerge. On the following day, this wine is still going strong (was kept in the cellar the whole time with the cork slightly pushed in)...Black and blue fruit still dominate, but some secondary flavors start to emerge, giving you a clue to where this wine is heading down the road...a little earthiness shows up and the tobacco notes become slightly more pronounced. On day three, fruit is still going strong, but turning slightly liqueur-ish, as alcohol starts piercing the veil for the first time. What a ride! I would think this wine needs at least 5-7 years, and will likely peak at 10-12 years...open now with a decant for some hedonistic pleasure (although I think holding will provide the best experience)...patience will definitely be rewarded! 96+ today (out of 98) and should flirt with perfection down the road!

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  11/12/2022 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Wine weekend in the Twin Cities; 11/10/2022-11/12/2022 (Where the frosty air is refreshing.. kind of): N: Creamy and macerated black fruits with complex earth. Fresh, intense and dried earth.
  
  P: Gorgeous black fruits, dark oak, molten tar with integrated earth and clean river minerals.
  
  [Day 2, slow-ox'ed for 14hrs, recorked and left at cellar temp]
  
  N: There’s no longer the fun, youthful creamy macerated fruits, but rather a much more serious and dark profile of dark red flowers, dark red fruits, tilled healthy dry earth, dark tree bark and very subtle graphite.
  
  P: More serious in a sense that the flavors are less hedonistic but became more dark and focused of fruits and earth. The creamy fruits has turned into something that’s more nuanced but has similar intensity and flavor profile. There's also bitter black tea, subtler tar notes and black minerals with some savory river minerals on the finish.
  
  Also ready to go straight from the bottle. Depending how you like your poison, enjoy it in its youth now or cellar for even more development and pleasure. I would recommend checking this out in 4-6 years and I know how hard that will be (well, for me at least).

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  6/16/2022 - Dpal670 Likes this wine: 100 Points

  Went to Press with friends
  Had a quick conversation with som
  Had a few wines in mind to try
  1.scarecrow
  2.Macdonald
  3.Rhadamanthus and a few more
  Did not want to put valley wines next to each other so decided to try Macdonald vs rhad
  I have to say that while the wines were being ‘warmed “ up
  Accent was on appetizers so when they brought hot pretzels everyone at the table started to warm up (these pretzels are really really good)
  So now THE wines:
  Consensus at the table was unequivocal-NIGEL
  Men,what a wine it is
  My personal opinion is -genius
  I have to say it is becoming very difficult with these Napa wines
  On one hand they are soo good,on the other how do one decides what to choose against this - French first grows,
  Quintarelli cab,Vega
  There are different types of wine drinkers
  Ones that drink different wines at the table to compare and learn
  Ones that like to try one particular wine step by step describing different nuances of it
  Or ones that like both
  Macdonald is outstanding wine please don’t get me wrong
  And it may not be fair to compare it to the mountain wine
  But it was missing finesse ,precision of rhad
  On its own I would rate it 96-98
  But then rhad I would rate as 100 without comparing it to any other wine
  I am still trying to learn as much as I can
  When I tried kapschandy grand vin with Lou few year’s ago I was blown away
  Then when I came back home we placed it in line with latour and ausone and to be honest we were divided 50/50
  Fruit of kapschandy was superb but parfum was not
  Am I getting into debate?
  Don’t want to do that
  I think the lesson is to enjoy TODAY
  Don’t look into small details and remember there is always something more and something better in life
  Mr Kinsman cheers to you
  I will definitely continue to buy more of your wines

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