2005 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (68) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  12/23/2023 - UpfromtheCellar wrote: 92 Points

  Continues to knock it out of the park (American Baseball slang to those readers from overseas). Earthy plum and cassis on the nose with cigar box, cedar and eucalyptus adding depth. Wonderful balanced with no signs of deterioration. Bottle paired nicely with the beef Wellington!
  
  Still a long life ahead of it.

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  8/10/2023 - RAB007 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Well-kept bottle with about 1 cm of ullage and in great shape. Medium garnet with amber edge. An excellent bottle of an aged CA CS at its peak. It truly was a wonderful example of why we endure the wait. Still plenty of dark fruit but added notes of cigar box and cedar. Drank beautifully smooth, but still with an excellent finish. I do not think the wine would have shown as well even just 6 months earlier or later...it was truly at its peak.

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  10/8/2022 - maxima wrote: 89 Points

  Je me souvient d'avoir fait écarquiller les
  yeux de plusieurs amateurs aguerris avec ce
  vin rapporté de la LCBO de Hawksburry en 2010
  avec un beau -25% comme rabais.
  Plusieurs avaient fait un road trip après leur avoir
  DONNÉ mon scoop!!!
  Les meilleurs ont été les premières bus ou
  c'est mon palet qui est ailleurs et qui a évolué.
  Celle-ci semble encore sur l'élevage et moins éclatante.
  Un peu sur le tertiaire et le cuir avec des
  prunes et de la terre.
  Les tannins sont assez fondus et la finale
  un peu juste et assèchante.
  Buvable mais bu trop tard.

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  7/13/2021 - bobvictor Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Excellent wine at its prime. Velvety tannins, strong fruit well integrated. Hats off to Paul Hobbs

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  2/27/2021 - Yack Man Likes this wine: 93 Points

  5 years later this wine is still drinking beautify. Perhaps I detect a bit of raisin notes but it is still an elegant and classic wine with substance. Great color and nose, very much like the last note that I wrote on this wine, it's still in a very good spot. Dark red fruit, cassis, cedar. Medium - full-bodied, with substantive depth, yet elegant. Again I'm reminded of why I think very highly of Paul Hobbs, a lovely Napa wine that is holding up beautifully with no signs of loosing traction.

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