Horizontal Tasting of '99 Santa Rita Reds - 55% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Carménère. Faint nose but palate packs a punch. Strawberry-balsamic jam, black currant, leather, loam, fresh brown mushroom, chocolate covered blueberries.
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beautiful aged brown color, but still with some dark purple tint. Wonderful musty, cedar, tobacco on the nose. Some old fruit, blackberry (cooked), no prune or raisin. All tanins are gone. This is great wine. Would recommend drinking now. I think it has a few years left in the bottle, but i don't see any reason to wait as i think it has peaked.
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Finally drank my last bottle... this is an 88 upon opening, but progressed to a solid 92 after 2-3 hours... it took that long for the fruit to come through.. really solid structure. quality stuff, just NEEDS TO BREATHE.
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Horizontal Tasting of '99 Santa Rita Reds - 55% Cabernet Franc, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Carménère. Faint nose but palate packs a punch. Strawberry-balsamic jam, black currant, leather, loam, fresh brown mushroom, chocolate covered blueberries.
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1/23/2011 - ragtop wrote: 94 Points
beautiful aged brown color, but still with some dark purple tint. Wonderful musty, cedar, tobacco on the nose. Some old fruit, blackberry (cooked), no prune or raisin. All tanins are gone. This is great wine. Would recommend drinking now. I think it has a few years left in the bottle, but i don't see any reason to wait as i think it has peaked.
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2/28/2009 - olig wrote: 94 Points
very impressive, smooth, will go on for a few years
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2/4/2009 - www.jasonskitchen.com wrote: 92 Points
Finally drank my last bottle... this is an 88 upon opening, but progressed to a solid 92 after 2-3 hours... it took that long for the fruit to come through.. really solid structure. quality stuff, just NEEDS TO BREATHE.
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7/31/2006 - Skully wrote: 87 Points
Nice balance of tannins and fruit with a nice lingering finish.
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