2018 Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  9/18/2023 - Jonnhy99 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This wine felt like I was smelling a South American wine at some point and southern Rhone the next but never Napa. Aromas of game, bell pepper, red plum, Indian spice (turmeric), cherry, and perfume. Flavors of vanilla, black cherry, bell pepper, cherry Cola, pepper, mint, and tree bark after some time. Fine soft grain tannins with medium acidity. Fantastic with BBQ ribs.

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  1/21/2023 - Twopawsup Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Ruby color with slow legs. Cedar, spice and berry on the nose. Cherry, red plum and bell pepper on the palate. Medium leathery finish.

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  6/29/2022 - xyc Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  One taster notes "flat" and I'll add "sterile" as in sweetish artificial tasting fruit with wood chips adding their artificial vanilla sterile component. It's supposed to be grape juice elevated by the art of winemaking not a high school science experiment. I do understand why such faux wine is appealing; avoid the obvious flaws inherent in winemaking, add enough sweet and vanilla flavor, as easy as making kid's breakfast cereal and much more profitable.

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  5/21/2022 - camroc830 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted for 4 hours and it needed it because this medium body wine was still a little tight when first poured. It opened fairly quickly in the glass, though, and then I got a lot of red fruit on the palate--tart cherry, raspberry. Not much depth, nuance, or finish so I'd call it maybe Hall Napa Valley cab lite. I have to say I like it because I drank it all, but it's at best a $25 experience. Not sure I'd buy it again.

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  2/11/2022 - RLVas wrote: 87 Points

  Not bad, but I was expecting better. Medium body for cab, good initial flavors but a bit of a chemical-like after taste

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