Still sporting a depth of color for its age, this is stunning from the first sniff, swirl and sip. Where do you start with this wine? Is it the texture with its silky, velvet textured mouth feel? Perhaps it’s the layers of the perfectly ripe, spicy, fresh, clean, pure berries. Or is it the intense aromas of blackberry, truffle, spice and earth? At the end of the day, it does not matter where you start or finish with this elixir. This is a reference point wine for Colgin Cellars and California Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Wow--fabulous wine, and in a great place. Tannins are integrating, but plenty of structure still. Fruit is ripe and bold and forward, but far from over-the-top. Fairly elegant for such a big wine (a contradiction of sorts, I know). I bet it will get even better, but if I had these I'd have a hard time keeping my hands off them. (PE: 97)
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8/16/2016 - zazoo wrote: 99 Points
Needed 1 hour in the decanter. Then it was singing. amazing wine.
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9/15/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points
Still sporting a depth of color for its age, this is stunning from the first sniff, swirl and sip. Where do you start with this wine? Is it the texture with its silky, velvet textured mouth feel? Perhaps it’s the layers of the perfectly ripe, spicy, fresh, clean, pure berries. Or is it the intense aromas of blackberry, truffle, spice and earth? At the end of the day, it does not matter where you start or finish with this elixir. This is a reference point wine for Colgin Cellars and California Cabernet Sauvignon.
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7/25/2010 - MarkC Likes this wine:
Wow--fabulous wine, and in a great place. Tannins are integrating, but plenty of structure still. Fruit is ripe and bold and forward, but far from over-the-top. Fairly elegant for such a big wine (a contradiction of sorts, I know). I bet it will get even better, but if I had these I'd have a hard time keeping my hands off them. (PE: 97)
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9/5/2007 - the godfather wrote: 96 Points
as good as ca gets, i would never pay the money though
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