2005 Staglin Family Cabernet Sauvignon Estate

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  6/9/2023 - mk42 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  All of the elegance of a French wine with no surprises. Deep rich boysenberry and raspberry notes persist with mouth-filling delicious fully softened tannins.

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  5/13/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points

  Very dark red/purple color with a 1cm bricked edge. PNP, drank a glass over 3 hours and another the following day. Had this last 2 years ago. This bottle was every bit as good as the last. The nose greats you with bramly blackberry and black raspberry, sweet wood notes, tobacco and dried earth, hints of vanillin; gradually there's a savory side that emerges with a roasted meat note. The palate boasts a full bodied yet light on its feet character, dark, dark fruits, blackberry, black cherry, cassis, spice and pepper, deep and layered fruit, great velvety texture, very long and polished tannins. Loved it. Got better through the evening and it held it's own with the '99 Montelena.

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  1/13/2023 - JCaress wrote: 95 Points

  Spectacular. Drinking well, great fruit. Complete mouthfeel. As good as a California Cab as exists.

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  12/3/2022 - gabird wrote: 94 Points

  - Brick color - Still holding up well. The dark fruit and smooth mouth feel was extraordinary. Slight earthiness was a nice base for the fruit. Wonderful finish!

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  10/16/2022 - Brucie69 wrote: 93 Points

  I find myself struggling with many Napa wines, which while rich and deep, and with all the winemaking bells and whistles applied, to my mind still struggle to provide the balance and complexity that warrant their steep price tag.
  
  Well this does. Don’t get me wrong it’s still firmly in the hedonist camp with the fruit and oak ramped up to 11, but there’s a lot going on and the secondarily characteristics really help round this out to something extremely tasty.
  
  On the nose, black fruits, vanilla, smoke and roast, Asian spices and a palpable hit of alcohol fumes.
  
  On the palate the blackberry, vanilla and roasted spices carry through but intermingled is a lovely milk and mint chocolate mid palate that really brings it together into a sumptuous mouthful with a acidic kick at the end to bring it back into balance
  
  Based on this bottle it’s holding up nicely but with the alcohol on the nose and the firm acidity on the finish I wouldn’t wait and hold. But then as mentioned I’m very far from a Napa expert so take my advice in this context.
  
  (Had with the recipe in the book, but my better half took away the leftovers before I could take a photo. But anyway the wine is too rich for this dish. It needs a big piece of steak to do it justice)

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