Retail $200? The very first vintage of Chimney Rock. Clearly the color has faded a bit but the nose is stunning. While most of the fruit has faded there is some dark fruit but you have to search for it behind the tobacco, an oaky component, and a slight herbal quality (rosemary?). It is also a bit meaty with a leathery aspect; all quite compelling. Whoa. The palate is elegant, tart, leathery, and layered. For a forty year old wine? Holy cow. This is gangbusters.
Low-neck fill, perfect cork, and the original price sticker still affixed to the bottle. Can you believe Chimney Cabs cost only $12.99 back in the day? Dried cherries, sous bois, caramel, and a curiously attractive whiff of inner tube rubber on the bouquet. Earthy, tertiary, and luminous, with vibrant acidity and savory, briny, red fruit vitality that kept gaining intensity with every sip. Old School and straight up delicious.
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12/7/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 92 Points
Retail $200? The very first vintage of Chimney Rock. Clearly the color has faded a bit but the nose is stunning. While most of the fruit has faded there is some dark fruit but you have to search for it behind the tobacco, an oaky component, and a slight herbal quality (rosemary?). It is also a bit meaty with a leathery aspect; all quite compelling. Whoa. The palate is elegant, tart, leathery, and layered. For a forty year old wine? Holy cow. This is gangbusters.
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9/29/2018 - Baron Slick wrote: 90 Points
Low-neck fill, perfect cork, and the original price sticker still affixed to the bottle. Can you believe Chimney Cabs cost only $12.99 back in the day? Dried cherries, sous bois, caramel, and a curiously attractive whiff of inner tube rubber on the bouquet. Earthy, tertiary, and luminous, with vibrant acidity and savory, briny, red fruit vitality that kept gaining intensity with every sip. Old School and straight up delicious.
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10/19/1988 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 87 Points
Client Luncheon Tasting. 8 Cabernet Sauvignons.
pleasant, smooth, big, tannic. #3/8
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