2005 Levy & McClellan Red

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  5/4/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 97 Points

  The last of HMCs bottles. Easily 1-2 points better than the last bottle which looking back, drank about 5 years older than this bottle, and the color reflected that as well as the palate. Not a 100 pointer but def in the 97-98 range for me. Deep, complex fruit with a little balsamic component to it. Quite exceptional and so glad I've had the oppo to try 3-4 bottles of this over the past year.

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  5/1/2024 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Similar to prior notes after double decanting for 2 hrs; outstanding & loved by everyone at another great dinner at LNM, likely at peak, ready to drink, no rush

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  4/26/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Served blind. Brought by HMC to our event this night. 3 hour decant.
  
  Classic Napa Cab nose. Showing lots of age in the glass, a light to medium garnet. Looks like it could be an '01 or '03 so no way of knowing how this one was stored all these years as HMC got it at auction a few months ago.
  
  Cedar and red currant on the nose. Palate is fully resolved. This one is drinking older than other bottles I have had in the past year. Smooth, regal and red fruited. It's beautiful, but weakens a bit later in the evening with too much airtime. Just goes to show you how storing bottles can make a big difference in how they drink down the road.....

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  2/7/2024 - Geaux Tigers Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Double decanted and started drinking at 2 hr, but hit its stride at a little over 3 hr.
  
  Nose of dark dried berries, cool blue mint, touch of herbal earthiness, potting soil, cedar, and spiced tea bag.
  
  On the palate, a distracting balsamic note started it off that blew away by hour three, leaving crushed fresh red and blackberries, cola, and black tea notes.

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  1/8/2024 - HowellMountainCru Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Brought to Prime Rib Dinner at our house by Mark1NPT.
  
  Fantastic nose, perfectly integrated and mature napa Red Blend. This is why people love aged Napa. It had wonderful glide, and a perfect combination of perfume and power. This is like the sexiest female weightlifter; you could ever imagine.
  
  Thanks for opening Mark 97 HMC

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