2008 Fairview Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Premier Series

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  7/29/2018 - Stevere Likes this wine: 91 Points

  What a pleasant surprise! The vegetable tones are finally gone - completely. Dark berry fruit and medium weight foundation made this pretty hard to distinguish from a middle grade Napa cab on traditional style. Enough acidity left to accompany a New York steak.

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  12/3/2016 - darrenv wrote:

  I'll retract my note from last night. I think the bottle is off. I tried again tonight and there's something on the nose that immediately puts me off and that's impossible for a good bottle like this. The mouth is equally poor. I'm going to exchange it and try again.

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  12/3/2016 - darrenv Does not like this wine: 86 Points

  First time I've ever said I don't like a Fairview Cellars wine.
  This had a vegetal nose that wasn't good, but not corked. There was not much fruit and frankly, for the money was a stinker. Decided to open a Beringer Knight's Valley 2010 Cab Sav and it KILLED this. I have a Wrath and Iconoclast and if they are anything but great, I'll boycott Fairview Cellars henceforth. Sorry Bill, I have had some great wines from you, but this sucked.

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  7/31/2011 - Weston3220 wrote: 87 Points

  med+ ruby
  med+ intensity, youthful
  Touch of Vegetal [not green] lots of fresh red berries
  T: Dry, med+ acid, med body, med/+ intensity, med + finish
  Predominately red fruit profile
  
  Conc: This was is good. its not over the top complex, but has the back bone to go with food. Bottle was opened about 4hrs before drinking

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