1973 Burgess Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage Selection

Community Tasting Notes (7) Median Score: 94 points

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  1/8/2023 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark garnet in color with slight bricking & notable clearing at the edges. Full, forward, attractive nose of mature & developed nose of fruit aromas of cherries, plums & cassis with overtones of cedar & earthy/dusty notes, some floral notes, leather, tar, herbs & minerals. Medium-full bodied with a good concentration of well balanced & silky smooth textured, mature & developed ripe dark fruits of cherries, blueberries & mulberries with herbs, spices & minerals. Lingering smooth finish. Drinks quite well at 50 years of age but it appears to be on its descent, so drink up! An older style of Napa Cabernet which is more Bordeaux like than the current overly ripe & overly extracted, high alcohol, oak/vanilla flavored fruit bombs.

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  3/7/2020 - dclaggett Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wonderful aged Napa cab. Garnet color, light rim. Gorgeous nose, like eating berries off the vine. No tannins to speak of but wine still has enough acid to carry it through a juicy finish. Drinking very well

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  12/2/2019 - pren wrote: 96 Points

  一天，三小时。塞子湿四分之三，断成两半。
  气味，天，最好的nose之一，出乎预料，有皮诺的错觉。
  口感，酒体轻，清晰，有橘子皮的hint，微微涩。
  最后一小时，稍差。总体，典雅，平衡，香气迷人。

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  8/20/2018 - MNWG Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Enjoyed this wine with several friends...Wow! This was a 750. If I could get a case of this wine I would. It was everything you'd want an older cab to age in to. Many thought it more Bordeaux in flavor and amazingly only a 12% alcohol...something where the newer wines miss out with the higher percentages.

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  10/30/2015 - Rackit Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Birthday dinner. Started the evening off with this Burgess Vintage Select from Mag. One of two left in the cellar I inherited from my dad. This is really big stuff for an old Cali cab. The color was dark garnet with no bricking as far a I could tell. Lost of bright fruit, oak, loads of silky integrated tannins, super long finish. Got better and better over the next two hours. I think we all agreed it was the surprise of the evening. Showing so well now and agree with other reviews from a few years ago that it's not really declining. Wow.

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