Community Tasting Notes 4

• PSirah Tampa Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 18, 2014 - Beautiful bright fruit with soft integrated tannins; good from nose to finish. Still reminiscent of the wine in it's youth but now much more distinguished. This bottle reflects the power of the Stefani fruit and the vintage.

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• VinoMax Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 25, 2010 - One of the most confounding wines of my experience. Began as a highly reated Dallas Morning News tasting panel wine and a case purchased at Red Coleman's on NW Hwy, this wine has never lived up to its potential. Slowly I have chipped away, one bottle at a time, using it to celebrate friend Stephanie's events. Each time I have been disappointed with high oak, minimal fruit, no body and absent integration and excessive tannins.
  
  Finally after 16 years bottle came forth with a surprise. This had a great nose of roses, tar, currants and cedar. A more true to life repesentation of CS. The color was deep violet. On the palate one was offered a medium to full-bodied wine with soft, satinlike tannins. The taste profile was wide-ranging- violets, cedar, wet gravel, dark cherries, black currants and toasted sesame seed. The finish was long and reinforcing of the wine's complexity.
  
  Never have I been more wrong about a wine's potential in its youth. Congratulation to the Dallas Morning News for this pick.

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• VinoMax wrote: 82 points

  January 29, 2010 - Not fair because it is over the hill. Bought when this wine won an award in the Dallas Morning News tasting. Bought a case. Initially it was over powering with oak. I have tried several bottles over the ensuing years but never found it to be my style. It was always over oaked in character the seemed to mask any fruit and other varietal characters. This bottle: C- Deep garnet with much sediment N- Musky, earthy, champignon. T- Medium bodied, light tannins remain, stewed dark berries and cherries. Tolerable but a disappointment throughout its life.

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• SadEdjo wrote:

  March 13, 2004 - garnet. definite chocolate & spice on nose. restrianed dark currant with lemon squirt.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer Gallo Family Vineyards / Gallo of Sonoma
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Stefani Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Dry Creek Valley
• UPC Code 085000948071

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• In Cellars 43 (55%)
• Consumed 35 (45%)

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