The '95 Whitehall Lane Reserve is one of my all time favorite wines and one of two wines that actually got me into wine way back when. This single vineyeard was showing quite well. It's definitely a bit faded and the structure is not as much there as it likely once was, but the fruit is quite intact, almost too sweet really. This took on more depth and nuance after a few hours. Definitely not one to hold and it is over the hill so I wouldn't really seek it out more either but a bit of a treat to try.
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7/1/2022 - RichardsEric1 wrote: 89 Points
A winebid but.... and yet again an angh experience.... But I suspect the wine is past its prime.
Color. Dark garnet.
Nose. Dark raspberry, vanilla, smoky herbs, a little kirsch.
Palate. Soft red fruits, tannins are non existent, very little acidity, maybe a little oak.
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4/22/2020 - John McCabe wrote: 93 Points
The '95 Whitehall Lane Reserve is one of my all time favorite wines and one of two wines that actually got me into wine way back when. This single vineyeard was showing quite well. It's definitely a bit faded and the structure is not as much there as it likely once was, but the fruit is quite intact, almost too sweet really. This took on more depth and nuance after a few hours. Definitely not one to hold and it is over the hill so I wouldn't really seek it out more either but a bit of a treat to try.
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6/4/2015 - kenv Likes this wine: 95 Points
WCC 1990s California Cabernet Blind Tasting (Dorato's Resturant, Guilderland, NY): [Double-decanted at 11am.] Black fruit and cinnamon nose. Lush and silky in the mouth. Expansive. An excellent wine. No one guessed it wasn't Cab. Maybe the lush softness should have been a hint, but it wasn't enough. Group WOTN. My WOTF.
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10/27/2012 - ArlenP wrote:
This wine was disappointing, I think it has disappeared. One more bottle left, maybe that one aged a bit better.
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6/27/2011 - RoccoSydney wrote: 95 Points
Still with plenty of fruit. If I had more, 2 more years based on cork.
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