1997 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (59) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  4/14/2024 - Curtis Chen Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Served out of magnum and drank nicely. Tobacco, red fruit, a hint of green peppers, cassis, lighter tannins than expected, and nice weight with good length. Classic profile.

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  1/18/2024 - thesternowl wrote: 92 Points

  1997 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Retrospective (Omaha, NE): Presented single-blind; no formal notes. Wine #3 had great color and was charming on the nose. Developing, the fruit was beginning to show a slightly more desiccated profile. Relative to the others in the flight, this seems a bit more like a fastball right down the middle of the plate. I called Dunn Napa. A really nice wine that was just a little less interesting relative to the others in the flight. Drink now and through 2030.

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  8/20/2023 - aagrawal wrote: flawed

  Corked.

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  5/29/2022 - Richard P Howden wrote: 93 Points

  A particularly fine bottle. Beautifully perfumed nose of violets, red fruit, cherry, cassis and a hint of mint & green pepper. More red fruit, tobacco and pepper on a mid+ weight palate. Good balance and very long peppery finish. Mouth filling. Still a bit of tannin, I think this will still improve. And yes the cork fell apart and had to be surgically extracted.

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  4/16/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 91 Points

  I’m enjoying this wine a good bit Beautiful garnet color. The nose bursts with cassis fruit that is slightly creamy. There is a bit of earthy elements but the pure fruit is prominent. Good weight on the palate with tobacco entering the equation on the finish. The red nature of the fruit leads a fine attack. Maybe falls off a bit quickly. Not complex. This certainly salutes Bordeaux but has some California sun to keep it real. I think the tobacco might take over if kept too much longer. I will drink the other bottle I have in the next year or two. Fine. (91)

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