2004 Larkmead Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Solari (Reserve)

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  3/26/2024 - talbot61 Likes this wine:

  Boston Wine & Poker, Brookline, NH: Tasted blind. This wine is shouting, "Napa Cab!" Super minty. Tannic. Very dark. No sweetness. Complex and delicious. This would be my wife's dream wine. Not surprised to learn what it is. From Michael C.'s cellar.

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  9/30/2018 - Kevnzworld wrote: 90 Points

  Unremarkable but drinkable. The fruit seemed a little muted compared to the acidity.
  Missing the complexity that I expect and enjoy in what is now a 14yo Cabernet blend.

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  11/4/2017 - kennyd wrote: 95 Points

  SO NICE! Wish we had more in our cellar. It was perfect just poured through a Vinturi. Amazing 13 years after vintage that it has this much fruit presence.

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  6/21/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points

  Purple color, inky. Slow-O for 6 hours and then poured into the decanter and served. Drank 2 glasses over the next 90 minutes. Opened this for my Dad for Father's Day hoping for big things. This has really come a long way from the last time I had it two years ago. I didn't realize that RP had raised his score on this from 95 to 99pts last year when he did a 10 year retrospective tasting. It was fun to have my Dad drink a "99pt" RP wine and read his note. The wine is dense and layered with inky black currant and blackberry liqueur, oak, and hints of alcohol that pop in and out. There's plenty of glycerin and anise as well as relaxed tannins and this finishes long. The nose is focused on the black currant and oak tones with spice more in the background. This really is a nice wine now, very concentrated; and the oak has mellowed and integrated more and the herbaceous character that I found distracting has gone away. The alcohol was in check today with the extra air. I would be curious to see this at age 20 just to see what happens.

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  2/15/2014 - Roentgen Ray Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark garnet in color, it has medium jump from the glass. In the mouth, I get dark charred pork, cassis, violets, and a bit of farm and toasted marshmellow. The tannins force a little puker, and there is lots of life left in this bottle.

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