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• GJVines Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 15, 2020 - This was much improved since my last bottle in April. Suspect it will be close to its prime by summer or fall of 2021. Started drinking this bottle after a half hour decant. Good deal of sediment so always a good idea to decant this, plus the air helps while this is still relatively young. Very nice nose. Delicious, well blended cab, which now retains only a touch of the heat it displayed in April. Medium bodied, with a nice long finish. Very good value at around $60. In my opinion, this could be close to a classic wine if it had more mouthfeel, but it is a good one.

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5 Comments

• Mark1npt commented:

  8/16/20, 8:27 PM - Agree completely.....but Dick Arrowood never was big on mouthfeel....just aged fruit! Not a modern Cali cab.....more Old World.

• GJVines commented:

  8/17/20, 8:36 AM - Thanks again Mark. Good to hear from you

• Mark1npt commented:

  8/17/20, 8:54 AM - Same here GJ....btw you got a deal on this wine for $60. His last few years these cabs have been right at or slightly over $100/bottle. Some of Arrowood's old cabs '98-'01, etc were a steal back in the day at $20+....we'll never ever see wine again of that quality at that price, that ages so well.

• GJVines commented:

  8/17/20, 9:37 AM - Yes, it was a great value. Don't remember where I got them but my notes say I paid around $60 a bottle and bought 6.

• Mark1npt commented:

  8/17/20, 9:46 AM - You got a great deal!!! There's plenty of cheap wine out there but very, very few really good deals.

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