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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 54 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Torchy on 2/3/2024 flawed bottle: Corked AF! (819 views) | | | Tasted by miltownman on 12/7/2022: It was just okay not worth the price opened up 3 hours before drinking (2170 views) | | | Tasted by Spsmatthews on 9/14/2022 & rated 93 points: Love this - lots of tobacco and cedar with red fruits and firm, but well integrated tannins. (2067 views) | | | Tasted by blarmston on 7/18/2022 & rated 94 points: What a nice wine, especially for the entry fee.
This being the Napa, its a mix of estate and if I recall, Coombsville fruit (Caldwell vineyard?). The Napa is an "earlier" drinker as the Howell Mountain designate typically needs more slumber time.
With about three hours in the decanter, this wine shines. Not a sharp edge to be found, nice youthfulness and some lingering tannins that add to the appeal.
To be candid, I have stopped buying Dunn in recent years, probably because I was drinking them waaay to early, but this vintage is just now entering the sweet spot.
Of this bottling alone, I will be reaching out to them to grab some more (and perhaps give the 16 and 18 a place in the collection).
94 with a bit of upside. Still has 5-10 years of great drinking ahead of it. (2935 views) | | | Tasted by awitz78 on 1/30/2022 & rated 93 points: Dark and earthy. Like the low alcohol level. Feels like it could go many more years. (2679 views) | | | Tasted by Philip67 on 11/28/2021 & rated 92 points: Polished plush black currant and blackberry fruit. Tannin are ripe fine and grippy. So far so good but then comes the finish which is really tart and spoils the pleasure of the wine. Acidity is the last thing to soften and may never resolve. The acidity will ensure this wine lasts a long time - you could say it is built for the long-haul. Trouble is by the time the acidity has resolved the fruit will have dissolved. Aside from the acidity this is drinking well now, hopefully better in 10 to 15 years. (2857 views) | | | Tasted by MichaelMA on 10/22/2021 & rated 94 points: Great depth and length. Drinking fantastically. (1837 views) | | | Tasted by SpitzNV on 10/20/2021 & rated 94 points: This wine has come a long way in the past half year! Tons of tobacco, blackberry and leather on the nose. Great tension and balance in the mouth and long finish. Fantastic. (1652 views) | | | Tasted by wineappellation on 7/22/2021 & rated 93 points: Opaque ruby. Hefty aroma of ripe blackberry and strawberry, herbaceous note, pungent spices, incense smoke, sage, beautifully integrated sweet toasty oak. Maturing leathery and tobacco notes too.
Full body at just 13.9%, soft tannins and cleansing acidity, it is actually quite approchable and elegant. I particularly like the mid palate concentration and the inner tension between ripe fruits, earthy minerality and integrated oak. Not sophiscated but utterly delicious!
A well made Cabernet Sauvignon at reasonable price. (2267 views) | | | Tasted by Spsmatthews on 6/21/2021 & rated 94 points: Decanted 5 hours. Wonderful nose of blackcurrant and raspberry with strong tobacco aromas coming through. A lot of tobacco (in a good way). Cedar. Nose jumps out of the glass. On the palate it's concentrated but not too full bodied / bold. Very fresh. Nice fruit and beautiful secondary / tertiary aromas coming forward. Great wine. Saved the last sip all night just to keep smelling the glass. (1728 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 11/28/2020 & rated 94 points: I hadn't tried this vintage in 2 years, so I was excited to check in and see how this wine was doing. Amazing bouquet of holiday spices, red and black fruits, and secondary cedar/oak notes. After about 30 minutes of decanting, I still pick up tar/black fruit on the palate as I did last time, but things are more integrated and the tar isn't quite so noticeable. Definitely a beguiling set of aromas leading to a very smooth mouthfeel. Lots of fun. Drinking nicely right now. I know, you're supposed to save Dunn wines for like 473 years or something, but honestly I am enjoying this wine a lot right now. (2484 views) | | | Tasted by ABECellar on 9/24/2020 & rated 92 points: Open and you won’t be disappointed. Clearly many years left. 2014 was a great vintage and every producer’s wine seems to drink well early. Hope my remaining 2 bottles last but suspect they will have a short life. (2266 views) | | | Tasted by madalyn on 8/27/2020 & rated 91 points: oops, opened way to early.
Im sure it will be great after the appropriate cellaring (2257 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 7/11/2020 & rated 93 points: I've never had the Dunn Napa so this was really fun to try. Opened, poured a couple BDX glasses and slow oxed for 4 hours. The color is indigo black with magenta edges. The nose has that signature Dunn cigar box aroma along with dark berries. The palate does a wonderful job of balancing CA deliciousness with structural lift and relative weightlessness. There's layers a plenty of elegant dark fruit, dark chocolate, tobacco leaf, herbs and spice. Alc is a reasonable 13.9% Dunn is a CA treasure and always a top 5 CA Cab producer in my book. I really enjoyed this and may source some more. (2648 views) | | | Tasted by JidR on 3/20/2020 & rated 93 points: Nose: black fruit, cassis, spice, vanilla spice, currant, more old world styled. Intensity is huge but needs lots of time to open. Second day it hits you with concentrated blackberry jam, black cherry cobbler, mocha. Tannins are nice now full body, sweet spice, concentrated black fruit with clove and all spice integration. Fine but intense tannins. Long finish. Made for the medium to long haul. I'd recommend holding for another 3-5 years for it start blooming. (2550 views) | | | Tasted by zylmanj on 12/29/2019 & rated 90 points: I thought this was good but overpriced for what you get. I have had about the same score for half the price. I am a fan of Dunn but this didn't wow me. (2532 views) | | | Tasted by magyarsvensk on 12/19/2019: Rich currant and berry fruit, fresh brewed coffee, mint leaves. Weighty mouthfeel with a long, bright finish that borders on being a bit too acidic.
Great Napa Valley terroir. Still needs some time to even out, I would say. (2209 views) | | | Tasted by gjetson on 6/11/2019 & rated 93 points: Had this with the porterhouse at Wolfgang's in NYC. A marriage made in heaven. No reason to go on at length, this is a lovely, elegant Napa cabernet in the grand style. Decant for about an hour, then just enjoy. (3037 views) | | | Tasted by TXRDW on 2/16/2019 & rated 93 points: Very nice bottle of wine. Like many CT reviewers I also found the 2014 Dunn to be unusually approachable this early on. I’m fact the winery is suggesting drinking the 2014 ahead of the 2013. I decanted and then drank over an hour, noticing a substantial improvement halfway. Not as tannic as previous Dunn’s, definitely a more profound fruit profile, with dark berries, earth notes and a very pleasant hint of plum. (3012 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 2/16/2019: California Dreaming - New Californian arrivals 2019 (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Pencil shavings, blackcurrant, spice, slightly jubey black hued fruit underpin, cedar, cream, caramel. Juicy, fleshy, pencil shavings and muted black fruit with plenty of drying, talc textured tannins, long. Lovely. (3490 views) | | | Tasted by Vineyard Boy on 1/26/2019 & rated 94 points: Great with 24 hours of decanting! (2508 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 1/26/2019 & rated 93 points: Dang, this is awesome right away. Gets better with 30 minutes of air time and then it just keeps evolving from there. Wonderful ripe berry bouquet and rich, juicy yet tannic and restrained mouthfeel. Love this wine. (2567 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 11/20/2018 & rated 93 points: Couldn't resist opening another bottle since the first two were so approachable already! Needs time to open up, of course...menthol, earth, and reticent red fruit at first, but then after 15 minutes of air time things get really good. The nose is still rich in a good way, and the wine begins to smooth out and show some black fruit notes with secondary tar and fresh-baked bread elements too. I realize this sounds a little ridiculous but that's what I'm tasting. I swear. (2442 views) | | | Tasted by CrocodileCab on 11/19/2018 & rated 91 points: Quality wine, approachable now but is quite obviously young once you try it. Nice red fruit, tightly wound. Been in the decanter for two hours now and is noticeably better than when opened. QPR not the greatest, but hey, it’s Dunn, so you know it’s not swill... will improve over a few years at least. Fun to try while you wait on their Howell Mountain wine. Clearly more approachable at a young age. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by huevosconvino on 10/21/2018 & rated 93 points: Surprisingly approachable immediately, but it definitely hits highs and lows as it opens up over an afternoon and evening. Softer than past vintages, as the winery points out in their own tasting notes: blackberry, raspberry, and cassis mingle with medium oak and dusty tannins. Very nice, really enjoyable with different soft and medium-firm cheeses. (2077 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Dunn Vineyards Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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