2018 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Weitz Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  7/3/2023 - Portland Seth Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My first Carter wine. Concentrated, heavy, 15% abv. Despite that a very restrained and pleasant nose of oakmoss and cedar. It's on the palate that it lumbers. Cassis, charcoal, oak spice and vanilla. That strong vanilla note from new oak rubs me the wrong way but it should integrate with another 5 years or so. If this is your jam let me recommend Corliss from WA which drinks better and costs only $90.
  
  I bought two bottles each of 6 different Carter '18 offerings with the idea of drinking one set young and the other set old, but based on this one bottle I'm leaning towards letting them all rest until 2028. Any and all advice welcome.

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  1/29/2023 - TampaMark wrote: 87 Points

  I agree with alot of the notes of this wine. Definitely the least enjoyable Carter I have experienced. Not terrible but not at the level I think we all expect. No QPR at all.

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  12/28/2021 - Takeshi wrote: 94 Points

  Opened up really well. Lots of spices and minerals , licorice, creme de cassis. Classic Napa cab.

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  12/3/2021 - msuwine wrote: 92 Points

  This ripe and extracted Cabernet is just a bit too much for me; similar to the 2016 at the three-year mark, the 2018 tastes syrupy, fruity, and not much else. I've never enjoyed the Weitz as much as the OG or Verdad, but I loved almost the entire Carter lineup in the 2012-2015 vintages. Now... dunno... but this particular wine is too boozy to be that impressive (or even fun!?) for me.
  
  Inky red in color and full (full) in body, the wine smells like the cherry festival has stumbled into town (e.g., pie cherry, candied cherry, cherry liqueur), with notes of black licorice and mochacino (or some other middle schooler Starbucks concoction). The flavors are as sweet as they are seamless, with notes of boysenberry, Hershey bar, and coffee bean, with a sugary and brief finish. This got better at the three-hour mark, so maybe bottle age will help this wine turn the corner. 14.9% alcohol. 92 at the moment.

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  7/14/2021 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Carol says 93, which once again, is uncanny........she has no access to see the scores on here, but I'm giving it a 94 with an outside chance at a 95.
  
  This is thick and full of cassis from the pnp.....takes a good 2 hours to integrate, even out, and hit its stride. Classic cab nose in the glass...graphite, forest floor out the wazoo. Dark fruited and med heavy in the mouth, it has glide and well integrated acidity to go along with its black fruit and slightly herbal components. This feels so much more black fruited than the very poor '17 red fruited Weitz version, OMG! There's a strong tobacco component in play with a touch of iron. This is a really nice wine, starting to drink really well, IMO. Carol says buy more if it's under $100.....I laugh and say $150. She says no......I'm awfully tempted. The finish is just a tad short......

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