1984 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  3/10/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  2023 Napa in the City: Gala Dinner (The Pool in NYC): Not a perfect bottle but that actually works for the wine a bit. There’s just this background hint of brett which makes the wine a bit more interesting and adds some character to it. Enjoyable.

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  12/12/2022 - Allan Randall Likes this wine:

  Bought a case in ‘87. Started opening bottles in 2005. Every 3-4 years or so. It has always been balanced and delicious. It has never let me down. Gorgeous? no. Pretty? Yes. Has it been worth cellaring for 35 years amongst the other expensive and gorgeous inhabitants? Absolutely.

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  6/10/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points

  Chicago Wine Flock...Gary Opens Cali Cab (Chez Weber - Chicago IL): Great nose with mature black fruit, spice, mint and and leather. Flavors are similar, just lsightly less exciting, but this is a very charming wine still drinking well. I used to really enjoy Groth wines of this era in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but rarely taste them these days.

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  7/26/2015 - meniscus wrote: 80 Points

  Purchased upon release and stored in cool passive storage. Perfect fill and cork. No seepage.
  
  Color: ruby/garnet with slight bricking at the rim.
  Nose: herbs, smoke, red fruits, leather and spice. nice...
  Palate: Way too much acid! Tart and lean! Like sucking on a lemon! Otherwise flavors echo the nose.
  
  I think this wine was over-manipulated in the cellar by adding acid, which may have given the wine balance when young but never bodes well for the long term... A shame!
  
  Next day after opening, the wine is no better...

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  5/2/2015 - Office Rat Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Dark ruby color, woodsy/cedar, clove, bing cherry, bright acid, beautifully balanced, outstanding. I can only believe the tasters who did not enjoy this wine had bottles that had not been properly stored.

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