1999 Neil Ellis Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88 points

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  2/24/2013 - Bistrobro1 Likes this wine:

  excellent wine in full....smoky, woodsy, nearer Bordeaux but still Cabernet. Delicious, good body, sweetish finish. still pretty dark in color.

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  8/24/2012 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Big Bottle Festival (Cellars Hohenort): I was informed this is 70% Cab and 30% Pinotage but can't verify. Aromas of ripe black and red fruits with smoke, marmite and a smear of vanilla. Quite a rich texture with sweet fruit, there is a bead of vibrant acidity to balance the wine and a good length to the farewell. Attractive with decent concentration and sweet, velvety tannins, the wine is drinking nicely.

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  10/25/2008 - king-bing wrote:

  Good, classic Bordeaux left bank tobacco and pencil nose with new-world ripeness on the palate, though perhaps marred by some green pepper notes. Drinking fine now but got better with some air.

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  5/13/2008 - king-bing wrote: 89 Points

  Surprisingly slight ageing evident in the colour. Very smoky / woodsmoke nose from the outset though this calmed down after an hour or two, when a touch of mint appeared. ot the tobacco notes of the last bottle. Solid fruit still, and nicely balanced acidity. Rather like a good but not great year claret, really. Slightly drying chunky tannins in the finish at first, but this settled down into a much gentler beast. A lovely 13%abv. Plenty of life yet, though I'm not sure it'll get much better. Great value.

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  10/17/2007 - king-bing wrote: 90 Points

  Shows a fair degree of maturity in the colour. Gently perfumed nose, with notes of tobacco that became more pronounced over 2-3 hours. Some herby notes too. The palate still has some lingering and rough tannins with a slightly astingent finish, but still with fruit lurking. Nicely medium bodied (13%abv) with perhaps too much acidity. This was better the next evening, with the tannins and acididty tamed to reveal a lovely gentle claret-style wine that went all too quickly. No hurry to drink at all.

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