2019 Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon Anjea Sleeping Lady Vineyard

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  4/14/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Champers and Napa Cabs Blind - Fun Times! (Chateau Simms): I believe this wine received about a 2 hour Slo-O.
  
  This was in a blind line up of some very prestigious 2019 Napa reds (and one 2016 thrown in), specifically:
  
  2019 MacDonald
  2019 Kinsman Eades La Voleuse Du Chagrin
  2019 Kinsman Eades Anjea Sleeping Lady Vineyard
  2019 Colgin Tychson Hill
  2019 Realm Absurd
  2019 Scarecrow
  2019 Harlan
  2019 Myriad Elysian
  2019 La Pelle Res
  2019 Magnificent 7
  2019 Cliff Lede Songbook
  2016 Colgin Tychson Hill
  
  2019 KE Anjea - I was very happy this wine showed so well! After reading everyone's notes praising this wine, I finally had an opportunity to taste it, and it did not disappoint! I wasn't sure what wine this was, but I rated it at the top along with the MacDonald and Harlan. This wine was remarkably well structured, showed silky tannins and exquisite fruit. It was absolutely delicious! Loved it! (Yes, Jennifer and Mark, you guys were right!) 97 out of 98 because I believe it will drink even better with more time. I do think I could sit with this wine by myself or share with one other to follow it over a longer period of time. I did come back to this wine, and it did keep getting better (I know....hard to believe!) I think Nigel outdid himself with this wine!

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  4/14/2024 - bsumoba Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Near perfect for me. Balanced and enjoyable. Nigel is doing something special with his wines.

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  4/14/2024 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine:

  Eyes Wide Shut - Day 2 (A quiet place): Nose: Ripe, dark red fruits, fruited earth, pleasantly earthy soil, and some spiced oak.
  
  Palate: Deep and dark but light red fruits, deep earth and tasty bitter minerals.
  
  Generous and fun at the moment. You can tell it wants to be serious, and I'm sure with even a couple of hours, it would've been. Should've spent more time with this.

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  3/28/2024 - ozziewine Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Given the glowing CT reviews, just had to open one of these. My first Kinsman Eades Cabernet. Drank on three different occasions over four days (while storing on nitrogen).
  On Day 1 on PnP, this is pretty challenging, rough and tannic, a literal wall of wine emblematic of its’ youth. Drank over a few hours letting it aerate in the glass and it mellowed somewhat.
  On Day 2, with a three hour decant (after sitting on nitrogen overnight) it has mellowed and blossomed into a beauty. The color is like India Ink in the middle and burgundy on the edge. And the nose, oh, the nose…from the get-go it is riveting with floral and dark fruit aromas. Wow.
  The improvement from the Day 1 process was stunning. It had piercing dark fruit, was super complex with incredible energy/brightness and was velvety on the palate. This was a joy to drink, continuing the trend, for me, of 2019 Napa Cabs drinking great over the last year or so.
  If you got a 3-pack you should absolutely try one now if you haven’t already.

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  2/16/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Sucked into opening one of these thanks to my CT friends on here.....you know who you are, ty.
  
  3 hour decant, back into the bottle and enjoyed over 3-4 hours at the table tonight with a great tasting amongst friends and family.
  
  Dark garnet in the glass. Nose of cherry fruit and sweet toffee. This is a unique wine in a sense. Fresh and precise, with depth and florals and a certain wow factor. Hard to give it anything other than a 97 tonight. 2nd WOTN at the table. Extremely good quality. I should note that this is my very first taste ever, of a KE wine. I bought these from the winery, sight unseen or should I say palate, untasted? It's very, very good.....

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