Tasting Notes for grapin'mad

Excellent. Color was great. Still had berry fruit and earthy notes. Nice flowery nose with some cedar. Drinking really well for an ok vintage. Medium body with soft but firm tannins. Good acidity.

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2014 Karo-Kann Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville (view label images)

9/28/2019 - grapin'mad Likes this wine:

88 points

Wills bday

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2013 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Knights Valley (view label images)

1/5/2019 - grapin'mad wrote:

92 points

Excellent. Big. Full body. Fruit and earthy

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2014 Seven Hills Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Seven Hills Vineyard Walla Walla Valley (view label images)

12/16/2018 - grapin'mad Likes this wine:

88 points

Drank with my family and Scott for my bday at Blvd in Somerville. Needs decanting. Still tight.

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1997 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley (view label images)

10/6/2016 - grapin'mad wrote:

78 points

Bring a dude

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2009 Marchesi Biscardo Ripasso della Valpolicella Classico Superiore Corvina Blend, Corvina (view label images)

7/29/2016 - grapin'mad wrote:

91 points

Drank after an Amarone tasting to top off the night. Fantastic rep. of this sweet desert wine

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2005 La Rasina Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese (view label images)

3/28/2016 - grapin'mad wrote:

89 points

VG. Trad. Brunello. Cherry. Leather. Earthiness. Drink now

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2002 Dunham Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon VIII Columbia Valley (view label images)

1/15/2016 - grapin'mad wrote:

90 points

Very good. Nice bright fruit. Cedar. Menthol. Drank w/ L&I'm for M's bday

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1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

1/12/2016 - grapin'mad wrote:

96 points

Excellent. One of best this year. Nice dried cherry. Spice and some earthy notes. Drank with good friends of mine from Boston at Gotham NYC

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2000 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (view label images)

10/3/2015 - grapin'mad wrote:

89 points

Drank at WD 2015. Ok. Notes of slight cherry. Mineral. Leather. Short finish. In decline.

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1996 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Hyde Vineyard Carneros (view label images)

10/3/2015 - grapin'mad wrote:

Dead in its tracks. Once a star. Left too long. WD 2015

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2005 David Bruce Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills (view label images)

10/2/2015 - grapin'mad wrote:

80 points

Drank w/ Lee and Maggie. Past its prime. Lee said almost cooked flavor. Raisiny said M. Well maybe if we were drinking an amarone

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2009 Jocelyn Lonen Cabernet Franc Reserve Stagecoach Vineyards Napa Valley (view label images)

10/1/2015 - grapin'mad wrote:

90 points

Share w/ Deb and Chris from Petrocks. Wander. Couple others after French Cab Franc tasting.

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2005 Gann Family Cellars Merlot Alexander Valley (view label images)

10/3/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

89 points

Excellent Merlot. How it shd taste from good qlty fruit to some spice to nice earthy overtones.

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2007 Pepper Bridge Merlot Walla Walla Valley (view label images)

9/19/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

93 points

Excellent. You would never know you're drinking a Merlot.

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2009 Martin Ray Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cruz Mountains (view label images)

9/26/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

88 points

Good qlfy every day cab

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2004 Bodegas Peñafiel Ribera del Duero Miros de Ribera Reserva Tempranillo (view label images)

9/30/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

90 points

Good old world wine. Earthy with some fruit. Wills bday

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2008 Provenance Vineyards Merlot Napa Valley (view label images)

9/30/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

90 points

VG. Full body Merlot the way it shd be. Good fruit and chocolate notes. Some wood and spice.

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2011 Whitehall Lane Vintner's Mark 3 St. Helena Red Blend (view label images)

9/30/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

88 points

Pleasant. Easy drink ink. Nice cherry. Simple

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2010 Three Wine Company Zinfandel Live Oak Contra Costa County (view label images)

7/18/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

87 points

Good Zin. Needs time to open after corking.

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2006 Schild Estate Shiraz Barossa Valley (view label images)

8/18/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

89 points

Good on opening. Decline day after

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2009 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva Lujan de Cuyo (view label images)

8/18/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

86 points

Good qlfy Malbec.

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2009 Mockingbird Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Napa Valley (view label images)

8/18/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

91 points

Excellent bttl. Nice dark fruit and toasty oak. A cab!!!

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2007 Maroon Zinfandel Chiles Valley (view label images)

8/5/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

88 points

Nice bttl. Glass cork surprised me.

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2010 Diamond Ridge Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley (view label images)

4/20/2014 - grapin'mad wrote:

91 points

Trad. Williamette pinot. Part earthy part bright fruit

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