Community Tasting Notes 21

• Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 20, 2023 - As an admirer of contemporary Spottswoode, I was curious to drink this bottle. It opened with a beautiful, fruity nose, very fresh, but as one of our party noted, the smell did not match the palate. The latter was musky, had Indian spice and cumin, and black licorice, none of which worked particularly well together. This was after 2-3 hours slow ox. After another two hours, it finally integrated and settled down, with a typical older Cali cab profile, high acidity and moderate fruit. Same flavours, but more harmonious.
  
  Day 2 it had taken on some pruniness and was slightly sour.
  
  My advice would be a 4-5 hour decant before enjoying. I have a few so I will be interested to see if they’re any different.

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• jnewman77 Likes this wine:

  December 25, 2020 - This bottle showed really great; now this is coming from one who enjoys "old" cabernet so take it as you may; the nose here is beautiful; cassis and dried blueberry initially quickly give way to pipe tobacco, damp earth, hints of cedar and spice. The palate is lovely and has excellent balance with better than expected concentrate and depth. Held up well for 2 hours of dinner with no significant changes. Delicious.

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 27, 2019 - Decanted at 4pm and tasted through 8pm with grilled steaks. Very different than my notes suggest from the bottles tasted 5-6 years ago. Medium dark garnet with little sign of age. Nose and palate are full of raisin, shoe leather, black plum and milk chocolate. Very long and slightly spicy on the finish. Really delicious with or without dinner. Tastes old but not oxidized. Noticeably better than my previous notes 5+ years ago suggest.

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• pvpapa Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 1, 2019 - Very mature, soft tannins, minimal fruit, good finish. A great.

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• Papies wrote: flawed

  July 14, 2018 - BBQ at The Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): The wine didn't make the journey to 2018 unfortunately. Pity

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1984
• Type Red
• Producer Spottswoode
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
• In Cellars 190 (41%)
• Consumed 270 (58%)

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