Gorgeous wine! Dark, ripe and lush with blackberry, boysenberry, and black cherry fruit up front. Wonderful balance after almost 20 years with notes of milk chocolate, violets, spice box, and toasty oak. Tannins have softened a bit but they are long and lingering just like the finish. This will still go for years to come.
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Pop and pour into the decanter. Slight sediment. Very nice surprise! In the perfect drinking spot. At the peak of secondary notes while still having lush fruits. Leather and saddle notes with outstanding balance. Great aged Napa Cab from an wonderful vintage.
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A gift from a friend years back...represents what many big Cali cabs are like from the Parker Cali crazed era...Enjoyable with a big steak...not disjointed at all...fruit still a bit candied
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Very nice, balanced. Very good fruit, nice palate feel,spicy black berry and dark cherry. Some secondary notes, leather, oak. Drying just a tad, which took away from the richness I expected. Drink up. Using the cellar tracker assistant: The wine looks Violet colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Cranberry, Raspberry, Black currant (cassis), Coffee, Oak, and Black Pepper. It tastes like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, Cedar, and Oak. The body is Medium. The wine has Juicy texture. The wine finishes Medium.
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2/25/2021 - brianofthevine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Gorgeous wine! Dark, ripe and lush with blackberry, boysenberry, and black cherry fruit up front. Wonderful balance after almost 20 years with notes of milk chocolate, violets, spice box, and toasty oak. Tannins have softened a bit but they are long and lingering just like the finish. This will still go for years to come.
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10/30/2020 - fdub Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pop and pour into the decanter. Slight sediment. Very nice surprise! In the perfect drinking spot. At the peak of secondary notes while still having lush fruits. Leather and saddle notes with outstanding balance. Great aged Napa Cab from an wonderful vintage.
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9/7/2019 - wa2ofd Likes this wine:
A gift from a friend years back...represents what many big Cali cabs are like from the Parker Cali crazed era...Enjoyable with a big steak...not disjointed at all...fruit still a bit candied
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7/17/2013 - bigdomer wrote: 92 Points
unusual nose; very good.
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12/2/2012 - Margauxguy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice, balanced. Very good fruit, nice palate feel,spicy black berry and dark cherry. Some secondary notes, leather, oak. Drying just a tad, which took away from the richness I expected. Drink up. Using the cellar tracker assistant:
The wine looks Violet colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Cranberry, Raspberry, Black currant (cassis), Coffee, Oak, and Black Pepper. It tastes like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, Cedar, and Oak. The body is Medium. The wine has Juicy texture. The wine finishes Medium.
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