2019 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.253

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/18/2024 - actx Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Surprised by this wine. . .many of the DeNegoce wines I find are just "ok" but given the price point, fine. This wine was excellent. Noticed the light color (close to a pinot) and nice floral nose. Drinking was a full bodied, well appointed cab.

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  9/30/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  As before, really delicious. Very juicy cherry and a little sweet spice. Perfect with veal chops in a red wine sauce and roast fennel. Is it going to rival a great Bdx for complexity? No, but to me that is the wrong question. This is a delightfully well balanced CA cab that is exactly what I want out of Napa on a random weekend. One bottle left and wish I had more. Might improve with age but frankly it is so tasty right now, why bother?
  
  Score. 93-94. Relative to expectations: +++

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  8/3/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Similar note to last time. Wow, what a beautiful, uncomplicated but finely balanced wine this is. What’s so striking is how quickly the oak has just dissolved and integrated itself into the wine. Delightful.
  
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  6/24/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  1/2 hr decant. Wow, a year in the dark and a huge difference. Maybe the decant helped too. This was now a lot lighter (in terms of taste profile more than weight) - dark berries and plum are largely gone, replaced by intense and ripe cherries with just a hint of plum. Beautiful herbs this time which were absent IIRC a year ago. Slightly straightforward finish but this is quibbling. This wine is now a big wow as an exuberant but not excessive Napa cab. Much better balanced now. Needs at least a half hour of air and more is better to give you something that marries perfectly with wagyu filet mignon. A great dN deal, as it turns out.
  
  Score: 93. Relative to expectations: +++

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  4/29/2023 - wmccone54 wrote: 90 Points

  No match for the far more advanced 2015 Animo from Michael Mondavi, enjoyed with a ribeye dinner; however, this is excellent, youthful, and primary; acid and tannin in flux; strong finish. Decant short term or hold until 2033+.

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