Tasted 10/23. $90. Stewed dark fruits on the forefront, opens up with two plus hours decanting to reveal some cedar and black fruit notes with medium body. Not the best Rutherford in the collection, but still an enjoyable wine. Better vineyards available from N&N
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I’ve relied on N&N for consistency for many yrs at a reasonable price. This meets that standard. Won’t knock your socks off, but everyone will enjoy for under $90.
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I’m not a big follower of William Wong’s reviews/ratings but I noticed his 96 rating for this wine at wine.com and claim that this is “the winery’s star of the vintage”. Dark ruby fruit - blackberry, currants, dark cherry, and blueberry. Fruit forward and fairly rich but nice depth/concentration and purity. Nice rich flavors of cassis, baking spices, oak, and a little graphite component. Fairly long finish. Decanted for one hour and drank over a couple more. Improved a little with time. I’ve never been a big fan of Nickel & Nickel’s cabs - I’ve always thought they were pretty average for the price point. However, I enjoyed this bottle. 93 at this youthful stage. 100% cab.
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2/17/2024 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 94 Points
Black fruit, chocolate, cedar, tobacco, and oak well balanced. A (94)
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10/28/2023 - Cthroughit Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasted 10/23. $90. Stewed dark fruits on the forefront, opens up with two plus hours decanting to reveal some cedar and black fruit notes with medium body. Not the best Rutherford in the collection, but still an enjoyable wine. Better vineyards available from N&N
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7/11/2023 - P_Nate Likes this wine: 93 Points
I’ve relied on N&N for consistency for many yrs at a reasonable price. This meets that standard. Won’t knock your socks off, but everyone will enjoy for under $90.
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6/27/2023 - Badmonkey wrote: 93 Points
I’m not a big follower of William Wong’s reviews/ratings but I noticed his 96 rating for this wine at wine.com and claim that this is “the winery’s star of the vintage”. Dark ruby fruit - blackberry, currants, dark cherry, and blueberry. Fruit forward and fairly rich but nice depth/concentration and purity. Nice rich flavors of cassis, baking spices, oak, and a little graphite component. Fairly long finish. Decanted for one hour and drank over a couple more. Improved a little with time. I’ve never been a big fan of Nickel & Nickel’s cabs - I’ve always thought they were pretty average for the price point. However, I enjoyed this bottle. 93 at this youthful stage. 100% cab.
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10/7/2022 - Gary1961 Likes this wine:
Our favorite N&N wine at our 2022 tasting.
Smooth already.
Ready to drink now and/or wait 2-3 years
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