Very interesting! Almost beery - reminds me of Sprecher Shakparo. Nice body, light+ sweetness, medium effervescence. Nice yeasty quality. Age is good. Tasty crackers. Short. Light sourness, but it's pleasant. Medium peach color.
Super restrained and closed nose - dead, with only a hint of medicinal plum. More going on with the taste - integrated light pencil lead, still fruit. Smooth, medium fine-textured tannins. Balanced acidity. Blueberry and black cherries. Still life left in this?
Deep dark nose - mint, pencil lead, black fruit and plum, with a light cellar musk. Medium body, tannins and acid. Very balanced. Smooth! Dusty. Good age - still some life left. Very representative. Refined. Pencil lead. $50
Rich nose - light dustiness, plum, strawberry. Good body. Delicious - accessible, new world style, complex. Smooth, balanced tannin and acid. Ager? Not overdone.
USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
Rich nose with light medicinal notes, black cherry, pencil lead. Very cabby! Stately, pencil, medium body and acid, tannic. Ready, but would be better in a few years. Complex. Barnyard funk. Lightly grassy and corny.
Dusty medicinal nose, lightly candied? Slight grapiness? Big body, with bacon, Kool Aid, currant, tobacco, light chocolate, light earthy grassy notes, light graphite and a light smokiness. Acidic, tannic. Good now, but not ready. Almost sour, but good. Long. Integrated. Stately. Red brick color. Medium body. $75
2001 Sjoeblom Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Chauvignon Reserve Blanc de Noirs 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Very interesting! Almost beery - reminds me of Sprecher Shakparo. Nice body, light+ sweetness, medium effervescence. Nice yeasty quality. Age is good. Tasty crackers. Short. Light sourness, but it's pleasant. Medium peach color.
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2004 Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) Cabernet Sauvignon Los Vascos Reserve 89 Points
Chile, Rapel Valley, Colchagua Valley
Super restrained and closed nose - dead, with only a hint of medicinal plum. More going on with the taste - integrated light pencil lead, still fruit. Smooth, medium fine-textured tannins. Balanced acidity. Blueberry and black cherries. Still life left in this?
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2006 The Winery of Good Hope Cabernet Sauvignon Vinum Africa 84 Points
South Africa, Coastal Region, Stellenbosch
Shy nose - Play Dough? Green notes. Tannic, balanced acidity. Not ready to drink yet? Bright fruits. Citrus. This is kinda funky. Bubble gum.
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2002 Clos du Marquis 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Deep dark nose - mint, pencil lead, black fruit and plum, with a light cellar musk. Medium body, tannins and acid. Very balanced. Smooth! Dusty. Good age - still some life left. Very representative. Refined. Pencil lead. $50
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2005 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 94 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Rich nose - light dustiness, plum, strawberry. Good body. Delicious - accessible, new world style, complex. Smooth, balanced tannin and acid. Ager? Not overdone.
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2003 Schweiger Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
Rich nose with light medicinal notes, black cherry, pencil lead. Very cabby! Stately, pencil, medium body and acid, tannic. Ready, but would be better in a few years. Complex. Barnyard funk. Lightly grassy and corny.
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2001 Castello di Querceto / Querceto Cignale Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT
Dusty medicinal nose, lightly candied? Slight grapiness? Big body, with bacon, Kool Aid, currant, tobacco, light chocolate, light earthy grassy notes, light graphite and a light smokiness. Acidic, tannic. Good now, but not ready. Almost sour, but good. Long. Integrated. Stately. Red brick color. Medium body. $75
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