Jarvis Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage Vertical

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Tasted Thursday, March 5, 2009 by annerk with 421 views

Introduction

We opened a '92, '93, and '94 vertical of Jarvis Cab. Bottles were opened a couple of hours prior to begining the tasting, but not decanted. First flight was done with just the wine, the second flight had grilled filet mignon drizzled with infused olive oil. The third flight was the following evening and was tasted with meatloaf and then paired with dark chocolate squares.

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 1992 Jarvis (California) Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    50+4+12+16+8
    Somewhat closed bouquet of black fruit and coffee. As we began to taste, we found notes of dark fruit and smoke with a velvety mouthfeel as would be expected from a Dimitri Tchelistcheff wine. The moderate finish was a bit oaky--more wood than we would have preferred. We felt that some of the fruit was gone from this bottle and it might be a bit past it's prime, but still drinkable. I wish we had tried this five years ago, it must have been a real beauty at its peak.

    The next night we finished the bottle and it had opened considerably and was showing more fruit and better balance. The next bottle we will decant for a few hours prior to drinking.

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Flight 2 (1 Note)

  • 1993 Jarvis (California) Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    50+4+12+16+8 A somewhat closed bouquest of red fruit and cedar. Nice mouthfeel with dark cassis and blackberry leading to tobacco on the abrupt finish.

    We finished this bottle the following day, and it had opened some, but it was still a bit disappointing.

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Flight 3 (1 Note)

  • 1994 Jarvis (California) Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Visually it was slightly dull. The bouquet was earthy and full of mushrooms and a loaminess. There were also struggling notes of menthol. It had a nice silky mouthfeel with notes of red fruit. Loads of chocolate on the finish. This was the last of a three year vertical, and the best one the first day. It opened a bit more the second day, but not as dramatically as the 92 and 93, and we were split as to which was the best on day two.

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Closing

All in all some surprises and some expected results. Drinking the three bottles over two days, with and without foods really made the nuances in each bottle very noticable.

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