2001 Robert Craig Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  1/11/2017 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark garnet colored, medium full bodied, concentrated complex core of black raspberry and black currant accented by a layer of sweet mocha chocolate turning to tones of clove and hints of vanilla and spicy oak, turning to smooth fine tannins on the lingering finish.

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  9/3/2010 - AlexHop wrote: 88 Points

  Tastes a bit green with some nice flavors but too lean to be really good.

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  1/9/2009 - Istaples wrote: 93 Points

  This is drinking very well right now and way better than I remember when first purchased. Nose of red raspberry with some blackberry. On the palate is full of ripe fruit, raspberry, blackberry and maybe a little olive on the mid palate. Finish is long with very fine tannins. Looking forward to the next bottle.

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  7/11/2008 - Arch57 wrote: 90 Points

  Splash decanted and poured into Reidel stemware. Nice deep violet color. I detected a bit of TCA funk on the nose that was inhibiting my enjoyment of this wine. Our guests liked this better than a 99 Brunello we had opened earlier. I tasted pleny of 2001 cabs over the past few years and wonder if I am cellaring too long or if my natural basement cellar is not ideal. I was expecting more from this bottle.

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  7/5/2008 - winejnky wrote: 90 Points

  Nose of cassis & olives. Luscious, ripe fruit, black & boysenberry. Slightly syruppy texture and alcohol stands out a bit (too much?) on the finish. Typical mtn fruit profile.

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