1980 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  4/20/2021 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep, dark garnet in color, almost opaque with just ever-so-slight clearing at the edges. Full, fragrant & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, plums & cassis with overtones of earthy/dusty & herbal notes of mint & anise, graphite, tobacco, dark cocoa, minerals & a slight hint of cedar in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries & mulberries with cocoa, herbs, minerals, spices & a hint of oak in the background. Lingering smooth finish. Drinks quite well at present with decanting & extended airing. Even at 41 years of age, there is potential for further improvement as it continues to approach its peak of development. Cork crumbled upon opening; fill was below midpoint in the neck.

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  5/2/2020 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Out of a 5L and double decanted and shared with 24 other friends via mason jars and a virtual dinner. Complex, sweet Napa cab flavor, 13% alcohol. Browning edges, didn’t dissipate and still going strong after 4 hrs. Outstanding anniversary yearned fun to share in a strange virtual world we live in now.

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  4/2/2020 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wow. Huge nose and true cab taste, pencil shavings, cedar, berry, good finish. Sadly last btl but an anniversary wine for my beautiful wife’s 65th bday.

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  9/8/2018 - jviz wrote: 95 Points

  What a treat to taste a wine so rare! Very special indeed. As a few other notes indicated, this wine has MILES to go. Blind I would have guessed 15 years younger - mid 90s.
  
  For me, strong notes of luxardo cherry, amaro, some medicinal quality. And not slowing down at all. Still lots of grip and fruit. Long finish. Excellent showing.

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  7/11/2017 - Nanda wrote: 91 Points

  JG Double Blind Intro Retro (Restaurant Michael): Served double blind and en magnum. Inky ruby in color. Full nose has dense plum fruit and some cedar ands spice, but this is brooding and closed-in for the most part. Palate has broad-scaled fruit and is rather non-delineated at the moment. Needs time. Crazy on reveal to see this is a still too young Dunn HM.

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