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• WineGuyX Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 30, 2018 - WOW, nearly impenetrable black color. Smoky nose of charred wood and eucalyptus. This isn't as great as the last bottle I had, which really made an impression on me. This is good, very good, but lacks some complexity and precision. Loads of milk chocolate and cocoa as well. Miraculously, this is getting better and better with more time in the decanter. 92

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• WineGuyX Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 16, 2018 - Still a very dark, saturated ruby-black. Fantastic nose of sweet black currants, eucalyptus, blackberry confiture, spice, cedar and charred wood. Full-bodied, with a thick texture, this has excellent density, tannin and acidity. Absolutely delicious right now with flavors that echo the aromas with the addition of milk chocolate covered cherries. Juicy, loaded with fruit and stacked. Drink now-2022+ 94

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• drbob5 Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 3, 2017 - dark brooding, wood flavors predominate, cedar, spice cinnamon, blackberries

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• Night Train wrote: 89 points

  June 10, 2012 - Opened about an hour before drinking. No signs of senility. No longer a fruitbomb, it still has some (mostly dark) fruit, but it also showed some coffee and a lot of spices. Nice texture, a good finish, smooth and balanced.

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• Purduke wrote: 92 points

  May 7, 2012 - This was a very nice bottle - a wine I enjoyed in its youth around 2005 it then went through a "hot"phase letting its alcohol dominate and I was concerned that it may have lost the fruit battle. Nice to say fears not validated. Briary on the nose with some deep cherry, the deep cherry was most prominant at entry with some tobacco underlying just the right amount of sweet fruit. The alcohol was fully tamed and the wine carried the weight of a properly mid-extract 10 year old cab. Nice wine. Just as good as in 2004, but different because of the current refinement.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Kamen Estate
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Valley

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• In Cellars 108 (33%)
• Consumed 216 (67%)

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