1995 Renaissance Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  4/11/2019 - rhit Likes this wine:

  Deep, tertiary flavor, beautiful texture and freshness, and a perfect amount of unresolved tannin for some NY strips. So good.

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  3/16/2019 - pryby Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Gorgeous. There is a clarity and lightness which is striking for a cab. With the lightness, even at 24 years old, there is real tannin that provides texture and interest. The nose is black cherry, chocolate and coffee. On the palate, bing cherries, cherry liqueur, and sous bois. Still lovely acidity.

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  3/1/2019 - Davetroup Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This wine is still going strong! Deep dark red in color with only the slightest hint of amber. Still noticeable tannins and I don’t think the wine is finished developing. Some of the comments and drinking windows here pressured me to open the bottle before I really wanted to, and now I wish I’d waited a little longer. Drinking beautifully though, and I’ll bet what’s left will be even better tomorrow night.
  
  Don’t believe the drinking window estimates here, this wine is still in its prime.

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  6/10/2014 - Saint-Exupéry Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Dark garnet, no bricking. Nose of blackberry, smoke, cassis and a tiny bit of lead pencil. Palate is dense, layered. Very smooth texture. Sweet red and black fruits, oak toast, graphite, herbs and some black pepper. Great balance and length. Tannins are now quite resolved. Excellent, long finish with a spicy twist. This is now (and probably for the next three to five years) drinking at its peak.

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  4/16/2013 - Saint-Exupéry Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep purple with a slightly brownish rim. Warm berry nose (boysenberry, raspberry, black currants) with just a little sweet oak which quickly disappeared after opening. Very firm, acid-driven structure upon opening, medium body. Lots of sediment. After 3 hours in the decanter the wine softened and more flavors such as dried herbs, black cherry and chocolate emerged. Tasted blind, I would have mistaken this for a mature Bordeaux, perhaps a St.Estèphe. Great to drink now, but both the tannins and the acidity are there for another 5 years. Lovely.

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