Perfect wine to celebrate the wife’s birthday this last week. Medium garnet red and clear in appearance. Well rounded nose with truffles, damp earthiness, cherries and some black berries. Medium tannins (5.5/10), balanced acidity and medium plus body. Balanced palate with tobacco, leather, earthiness, black plums and cherries. Long finish. Drink till 2027.
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Sweetly fruited, a lick of cedar, and a good dose of oaky spice. Mature, in a good spot now. Tasty but uninspiring and emblematic of quality Cali Cab from the era.
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A bit bretty on the nose, but the palate was quite fresh. Sweet red fruit, good acidity, resolved tannins. Enjoyable but simple and a little too sweet. It was poured next to a superb, complex '87 Mondavi Reserve, which was probably unfair.
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Very dark. No hint of age. Cedar nose with overripe fruit. Cedar, moderate tannin It smells like Plum, Cedar, and Cinnamon. The body is Medium/Full. The wine finishes Medium.
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5/9/2022 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 92 Points
Perfect wine to celebrate the wife’s birthday this last week. Medium garnet red and clear in appearance. Well rounded nose with truffles, damp earthiness, cherries and some black berries. Medium tannins (5.5/10), balanced acidity and medium plus body. Balanced palate with tobacco, leather, earthiness, black plums and cherries. Long finish. Drink till 2027.
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9/16/2021 - andtheodor wrote: 89 Points
Sweetly fruited, a lick of cedar, and a good dose of oaky spice. Mature, in a good spot now. Tasty but uninspiring and emblematic of quality Cali Cab from the era.
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3/28/2018 - sunnylea57 wrote: 88 Points
A bit bretty on the nose, but the palate was quite fresh. Sweet red fruit, good acidity, resolved tannins. Enjoyable but simple and a little too sweet. It was poured next to a superb, complex '87 Mondavi Reserve, which was probably unfair.
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3/20/2011 - ljl Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very dark. No hint of age. Cedar nose with overripe fruit. Cedar, moderate tannin
It smells like Plum, Cedar, and Cinnamon.
The body is Medium/Full.
The wine finishes Medium.
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12/29/2010 - Red Loki wrote: 92 Points
Still going strong. Nice tannin balance, fruit still very well balanced. Tastes like a good bordeaux.
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