2002 Neiman Cellars Red Wine Caldwell Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  7/24/2017 - thomaskeil Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted (mostly for sediment but some air helped open). Violet with browning on rim. Dark berries, graphite, vanilla (oak) and a little tarry-earth. Medium plus weighted fruit, very soft tannins and only a light dose of acidity. Some flavor complexity. Paired well with grilled NY strips. This seems at or just past peak.

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  3/3/2016 - CMN Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dull magenta colored with very faint bricking at the edges of the rim. Nose is very interesting in that it seems to be constantly changing. Initially smells very much like a CS -- red and purple berries, graphite, and a faint green note that waffles between green pepper and dill. With some air some black pepper appeared on the palate, but it was unfortunately faint, and replaced by a sweet note.
  
  The flavors come across as a big Bordeaux that is made in a slightly new world style. There's a good amount of red and purple berry fruit, with a significant green, leafy note indicative of Cab Franc (unfortunately, I could not locate percentages for this vintage) and the smallest hint of tobacco. The tannins are well integrated, but they make themselves known on the finish. Good complexity; the abundant fruit and structure suggests that this should last at least another 5-6 years. Drink or hold.

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  11/13/2014 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark garnet colored, medium to full bodied, it tasted like a vibrant expressive Bordeaux, full forward complex berry fruits accented by floral, leather, tobacco leaf, with slightly earthy tones and long lingering tones of cedar with a smooth polished tannin finish that resonates with silky floral cedar mouthfeel long after tasting. This was better than I remember from earlier label and vintage tastings.
  
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  9/14/2014 - jerhardt wrote: 91 Points

  A pretty good representation of a middle of the road ca cab; not too modern, but clearly not ultra traditional either. In a good place with the primary fruit starting to recede and some secondary notes starting to develop. My only knock is that this left the impact of seemingly having more alcohol than the 14% listed on the label.

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  3/2/2014 - winejnky wrote: 90 Points

  Tight and focused,this wine takes a long time to open up. There was a moment about an hour into this bottle where the wine was perfectly balanced and fantastic, but it closed up shortly thereafter. Decanted two hours and as before needed more time, I just didn't have it.

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