Community Tasting Notes 25

• wconnolly Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 14, 2023 - Raspberry, pomegranate, cherry, a hint of clove and cedar. Very nice, but this is about the fourth vintage of Poetry I have tasted and was the lightest in weight and body. Still full bodied with wonderful balance and complexity. Tannins are fully integrated and this is unlikely to improve further.

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• timtom Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 24, 2021 - Short decant. Very well balanced with flavors of dark red fruit and soft tannins. Still drinking very well, but maybe past its prime.

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• wconnolly Likes this wine: 95 points

  June 5, 2021 - Deep red color in the glass. Plenty of fruit with notes of dark cherry, raspberry, chocolate and baking spice. Wonderfully balanced with still grippy tannins. Full bodied with a lingering finish. Let this decant for 3 and a half hours. Tannins predominate until that 3 and a half hour mark when the wine opens to reveal its incredible balance.

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• Myman24 Likes this wine: 95 points

  August 30, 2020 - Amazing! Ready to go since opening. Short Decant and the wine is so classic Cliff Lede. Fruit forward, balanced, lingering finish. Just what i love and expect from Napa cabs.

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• sunnylea57 wrote:

  January 19, 2020 - I've opened three bottles of the 2008 and they've all been different. The last one was a dense, intense brute - not at all approachable, even with a long decant. This one was medium bodied and pliant with just a pop and pour, with sweet red raspberry, milk chocolate, wood spice, and a good level of acidity. Hard to believe that this has opened up so dramatically in the 16 months since my last bottle.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Cliff Lede
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Poetry
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Stags Leap District
• UPC Codes 010465709608, 856649002000

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• Pending Delivery 9 (1%)
• In Cellars 816 (65%)
• Consumed 423 (34%)

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