1997 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Réserve Spéciale

Community Tasting Notes (60) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  1/23/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Obtained about a year ago, so not sure as to it's handling all these years....
  
  Late decision to go out to dinner and little time to decant, maybe 30 minutes. Re-bottled and enjoyed tableside over the next 2 hours with Osso Buco ravioli.
  
  Dark garnet/ruby in the glass belies its 26 years of age. Nose of graphite, some tobacco/cigar box hints, a hint of caramel and dark plum fruit. Palate much the same with lots of dark plum and a hint of oak. Really seemed to blossom after about 45-60 min of air. Very well balanced, with plenty of acidity to go another 10+ years. Enjoying the last glass now, about 5-6 hours after dinner and a perfumed element shows up on the nose. Very, very nice........

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  4/7/2022 - P.A. Cross wrote:

  Deep red with slight bricking, sweet cedar, iron, savory herbs, crushed dark berry. Blueberries. Slight funk. Bigger oak flavors, tannic, with rich dark fruits. Earthy with persistent acid and fruity mid palate. Opened and decanted for about 6 hours. Gains a ton of freshness with time.

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  12/28/2021 - kenv Likes this wine: 93 Points

  [Double-decanted for 1 hour at 5pm.] Smoky red fruit nose with a hint of black pepper. Bright red fruit up front. Still some tannin in the mid-palate. Long, juicy finish of sour cherry.
  9pm: Still has bright acidity and some tannin. Goes perfectly with pot roast.

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  10/14/2020 - R2-D2 wrote: 94 Points

  These nostalgic, OG producers knew what they were doing crafting sub-14% abv wines. Elegant, velvety structure with flavors of dried currant, herb, lavender, vanilla, olive, and truffle. Long, rolling finish. Just don’t make ‘em like they used too.

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  8/8/2020 - smcg Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Pleasant, a bit harsh at first but improved after being decanted for an hour.

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