2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.39

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  3/9/2024 - CheapAndBest Likes this wine:

  Takes an hour to open.
  Day 1: after an hour was fruity and bright and faintly sour. Did fine with homemade gumbo
  Day 2: vacuvin and fridge. With a cheese course. Very nice. Significant length and tension. Brightness tamped down. Preferred over Day 1 Would do well with red meat. A little less vanilla would be better...but maybe time will do the trick
  Day 3: Residual glass. Going strong. Had not collapsed

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  12/12/2023 - CMN wrote:

  A low alcohol/classic Napa cab that is much better than my previous bottle. Red-fruited and well-proportioned with oak and tannins that are already well integrated and a nice acidic streak. Drinking well now and should improve over the next 5-7 years.

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  2/1/2022 - CMN wrote:

  Aromas of sweet red berries and vanilla. Flavors of sweet red berries, vanilla and a harsh oaky finish. The proportions on this wine are lovely and it registers an old school 13.7%abv. Tannins are a bit pokey at this stage. Although the notes read 30% new oak, the oak/vanilla dominates the palate, yielding a beverage that tastes less like wine and more like a milkshake. I'm not one to typically notice "legs" but the wine clung to the glass. Hold and pray or gift to someone you don't like much.
  
  On day two, the flavors inexplicably receded not showing much except on the swallow. The oak is somewhat more harsh than on day one.

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  3/28/2021 - JamesCRoberts wrote: 91 Points

  This I believe to be a château Montelena cab.It taste like an old-school Napa cab, built to age, low alcohol, delicious.

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  12/17/2020 - jonh1 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Another one that’s clearly a step up from supermarket wine, and has potential to grow into it’s supposed $60 winery price tag, though it’s not quite there yet.
  
  Bright, acidic, and medium-bodied (aka light for a Napa Cab). Tannins are still a little coarse right now, and stylistically this one seems designed to age. Dusty black cherry from front to back. Old school Napa Cab style. Low-ish alcohol at 13.7%.
  
  This would be hard to pin down in a blind tasting; the profile is more Bedrock than Robert Parker.

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