2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.244

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  11/12/2023 - Bglick Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Well balanced. Nice on the nose, love the finish

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  11/12/2023 - Bglick wrote:

  Excellent wine!! Sandi will love this wine

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  8/12/2023 - brianschool Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Crushed purple florals on the nose. On the palate: a smoother, but closed-up wine with black cherry, spices, a beautiful showing of red and black licorice, a hint of pyrrazine, and a medium finish though slightly hot (14.9% alcohol). Slightly fruit-forward, but completely dry, though it’s fruit-forward, it’s made in more of a classic Sonoma Cabernet, minus the big backbone.
  
  This has a perfect amount of structure for a silky drinkable wine now, however, I think there is more here underneath. Given it’s 2018 vintage, these are still taking time to completely come around. This wine opened up more on day two, and I think it will drink its best in 2024/2025, though again, perfectly fine right out of bottle now. All-in-all, a very nice wine and another excellent value. You're not getting a ton of tension here, or a lengthy finish, but it has all the components for high quality juice. Looking forward to trying again on day 3.
  
  80% Cabernet, 14% Merlot, 4% Petite Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc
  100% Estate, Dry Creek
  40% new French oak
  14.9% alc.

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