1997 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (137) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  3/11/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  2023 Napa in the City: Tasting & Lunch (The Pool/Grill): Not a year that I particularly love from California but a good showing that good producers make good wines in all of the years including this one. It had been open overnight and so I think was a bit more tired than it might have been otherwise. A touch thinner and acid a bit more prevalent. Still, nice structure and drinking alright.

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  9/28/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Pretty nose with notes of dark fruit, cassis, leather, dark cherry, forest flavors, a bit of vanilla, and mint. Well balanced on the palate with good acidity, more dark fruit notes, dark plum, cherries, and menthol. Long finish. Really lovely wine that’s in a great spot right now but will last for decades.

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  3/11/2022 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 93 Points

  2-3 hours of decanting and warming was essential for this wine to achieve its potential. At first taste after 30 minutes, it was thin, somewhat vegetal, and imbalanced. It needed to warm and breathe. Lovely after two hours. Tannins fully resolved. Fruit remains, but it's no longer bright or prominent. Firmly in its secondary phase but not yet overwhelmed by it. I don't believe the structure here would enable further improving as it would with a Dunn Howell, but others who follow Spottswoode would know better than me. I think we did my one bottle justice by opening, filtering, decanting, and warming it at age 25.

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  1/15/2022 - Dr.Scott wrote: 93 Points

  Last bottle. Sad. It was yummy

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  1/1/2022 - pigdaddy wrote: 92 Points

  magnum, double-decanted to travel. deeply-colored & youthful in the glass; black-fruited & loamy, pencil lead; med-full weight; currants & blackberries, tho restrained, dominate the fruit profile, black soil, subtle weedy notes & mature tannins complete the finish.
  
  last one, purchased on release & showing better than might have anticipated; even in this warm vintage, house style prevails.
  
  chateaubriand, chanterelle-red wine sauce; herb-crushed potatoes; roasted market carrots

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