2001 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (421) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  3/23/2024 - Sanlucar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Dense, concentrated, deep and dark. It's profile is more Bordeaux-style rather than the typical Napa Cab. A blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and the rest Malbec and Petit Verdot; it's dominated by Cabernet Franc flavors of herbaceous tobacco with blackberry and black currant. Still a huge wine but the tannins remain under control. Tremendous finish (30 - 45 sec), this is a 30-year wine. It's in a great place right now but will last for several more years.

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  1/6/2024 - hargy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  reticent nose, this was a little tired on opening and tasting a little lean and hollow after an hour or so, I thought it may have been an 'off' bottle - it filled dramatically after another hour and the last sip was undoubtedly the best - not sure but I'm inclined to leave my last few bottles for at least a couple of years

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  10/14/2023 - hrazdiiv Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I had this wine in 2020 and remarked that it could potentially score 95+ within five years. Well, I almost got there. We had it last night and it was still absolutely delicious but not quite a 95, which is what I consider the delineation between a very good wine and a globally elite bottle (and yes, I recognize this isn’t exactly nuclear precision). 5till exhibits a beautiful medium ruby red color. The nose is wonderful: I might have even guessed Bordeaux, with earthy, charcoal, forest floor elements present. But the palate brings you around to California, with dark red fruits framed by excellent sweet tannin. Still has room to go. Maybe 95 will happen! Drank decanted over three hours.

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  6/8/2023 - Counselor Chris wrote: flawed

  Opened a magnum to toast my beloved father the day after he passed away, since it was a wine he loved. Aaaaand it was corked. There may be some cosmic meaning there, but I can't really put my finger on it. I guess it's that corks suck as a wine closure

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  5/19/2023 - CRL Stc Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautiful wine. PnP and then drank over two hours, and then what was left the next day and it was still going strong. Cork in good shape. This bottle has more time if you can hold off.

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