Tasting Notes for Slick23861

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2012 Hall Cabernet Sauvignon Bergfeld St. Helena (view label images)

6/19/2020 - Slick23861 wrote:

Didn’t try

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2012 Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Hershey Vineyard Howell Mountain (view label images)

12/10/2019 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

92 points

Overpriced

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2012 Realm Cellars The Absurd Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

11/26/2019 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

100 points

Best wine I’ve ever had in my life.

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2012 Abreu Las Posadas Howell Mountain Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

11/12/2019 - Slick23861 wrote:

98 points

Decant for 2 hours. Drinking @ 98.3 right now.

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2013 Realm Cellars The Falstaff Rutherford Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

9/21/2019 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

94 points

A delicious wine but on the verge ( 18+ months ) from being incredible. Laying down 94 points as of today.

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2004 Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

8/11/2019 - Slick23861 wrote:

I never opened it- see notes

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2013 Bevan Cellars Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

7/9/2019 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

92 points

a little sweet but i liked it.

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2013 Bevan Cellars EE Cuvée Tench Vineyard Oakville Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

4/1/2018 - Slick23861 wrote:

96 points

Absolutely delicious

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2013 Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Onda Napa Valley (view label images)

4/1/2018 - Slick23861 wrote:

93 points

After one hour it jumped from good to very good but not great. Scored it a 93.

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2012 Realm Cellars The Absurd Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

2/24/2018 - Slick23861 wrote:

99 points

2nd best wine ever tasted, after 2007 CCS. Like a roller coaster. Incredibly dynamic- shaped perfectly and continued to evolve as the bottle went on.

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2003 Colgin Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard Napa Valley (view label images)

2/14/2018 - Slick23861 wrote:

91 points

Underwhelming. Not the body I was hoping for. Finish was poor.

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2011 Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

1/19/2018 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

96 points

Shocked how they can consistently produce great wine even in a down year. This is a 95+ wine and only allowed 30-40 mins to open up.

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2013 Bevan Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Wildfoote Vineyard, Vixen Block Stags Leap District (view label images)

11/19/2017 - Slick23861 wrote:

Didn’t drink . Gave to Sal

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2006 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

7/26/2017 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

96 points

huge fruit bomb for a finish. drank alongside 2007 CCS which was WOTN. 2007 CCS was more balanced but the 06 CCS scored out at 96.

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2013 Gemstone Cabernet Sauvignon Yountville (view label images)

7/8/2017 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

95 points

Delicious as always

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2005 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain (view label images)

7/8/2017 - Slick23861 wrote:

90 points

Not fair to the wine for me to rate

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2013 Gemstone Cabernet Sauvignon Yountville (view label images)

5/5/2017 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

94 points

very smooth from the start, very satisfying wine. Lacked a finish that would make it 95+ but I'm not complaining.

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2012 Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Hershey Vineyard Howell Mountain (view label images)

3/21/2017 - Slick23861 wrote:

91 points

Still too young. Needs another few years in bottle.

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2008 Colgin Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard Napa Valley (view label images)

3/4/2017 - Slick23861 wrote:

92 points

Balanced wine but lacks depth and a strong finish.

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2012 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon RBS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

3/3/2017 - Slick23861 wrote:

92 points

Wanted more complexity. Don't agree with Robert Parker score. Gave it 92 points.

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2013 Opus One Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

3/2/2017 - Slick23861 wrote:

91 points

drank at a tavola w/ jon riskin. this bottle was given to me by Tom O. for a get-well present for stomach surgery. was expecting great things from the bobby parker review but was underwhelmed.

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2007 Rudd Oakville Estate Proprietary Red Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

2/25/2017 - Slick23861 Does not like this wine:

89 points

Lacks complexity.

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2007 Rudd Oakville Estate Proprietary Red Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/30/2016 - Slick23861 Does not like this wine:

89 points

very underwhelming for oakville fruit.

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2008 Harlan Estate The Maiden Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/20/2016 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

95 points

Drank with Noah, we both were very impressed.
Prototypical Oakville wine.

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2012 Dana Estates Cabernet Sauvignon Helms Vineyard Rutherford (view label images)

8/6/2016 - Slick23861 wrote:

95 points

This wine is going to be incredible in 2020. Right now it's drinking at a 95 but this will be a 99 pointer in 4-5 years.

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2004 Sloan Rutherford Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/4/2016 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

93 points

Technically gave it 92.9 but CT doesn't acknowledge my decimal system for wine ranking. Noah absolutely loved this wine but it was too Bordeaux-like for my tasting but I respect the art.

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2005 Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

8/5/2016 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

96 points

PNP and this was drinking fantastically. I immediately taste my good friend Andy's fruit, this was well worth the price. This scored a 96.4 at the PNP point but i can see this finding it's way up to 97-97.6 in a hour or two. Let's make sure we all keep the price down on this baby, if you plan on paying more than $200 please stop and consider other's who want to keep this is a diamond in the rough.

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2012 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

8/4/2016 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

95 points

Was wanting and expecting more. Quick finish, disappointed based on price point. Noah says this wine needs minimum 10-20 more years. If wine was half the price i would be content.

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2009 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Grand Daddy Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Oakville (view label images)

7/29/2016 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

99 points

off the charts, i was blown away. As good as almost any bottle of Schrader I've had. Don't tell anyone about my review, I don't want the price to soar until I buy some more.

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2007 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select Stags Leap District (view label images)

7/20/2016 - Slick23861 Does not like this wine:

incredibly overrated. I give it 82 points. If this bottle was $18-20 i would jump all over it. Once it gets to $23-$25/bottle it's incredibly overpriced in my opinion. I should be looking at 5-7 years for paying what i paid for this below average bottle.

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2007 Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Aida Estate St. Helena (view label images)

7/20/2016 - Slick23861 Likes this wine:

94 points

Taste a lot of alcohol, probably needs longer than 1-2 hours to decant.

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1997 Spring Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Spring Mountain District (view label images)

7/17/2016 - Slick23861 Does not like this wine:

84 points

gave it two courtesy sips and sent it straight down the elevator