Nose: mostly red with some black fruits. Ripe raspberry, strawberry, bramble, hints of mint and clove, cinnamon. Taste: red and black currants, plum, clove, vanilla, oak Notes: bigger and more acid than expected 15 years in, strong backbone and structure, not sure this will improve, but it will last a while longer. Sonoma red fruits shine through a decent amount of French oak.
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A balanced and textured wine still alive with sweet tannins. Lots of black currant and black berry flavors with hints of cocoa and cedar. Very layered and dense.
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7/31/2022 - Ted_P Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose: mostly red with some black fruits. Ripe raspberry, strawberry, bramble, hints of mint and clove, cinnamon.
Taste: red and black currants, plum, clove, vanilla, oak
Notes: bigger and more acid than expected 15 years in, strong backbone and structure, not sure this will improve, but it will last a while longer. Sonoma red fruits shine through a decent amount of French oak.
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5/29/2021 - Terroirdoc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Rich, smooth California cabernet. Opened it one hour before and was very enjoyable. Well balanced.
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7/11/2019 - tom_wine Likes this wine: 90 Points
A balanced and textured wine still alive with sweet tannins. Lots of black currant and black berry flavors with hints of cocoa and cedar. Very layered and dense.
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12/20/2018 - MBgaia Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely and much bigger and fruit forward than expected.... secondary flavors coming through cedar and graphite but still plenty of life left.
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3/13/2016 - leachriscellar wrote: 87 Points
A little over the hill but still nice currant and graphite notes
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