Community Tasting Notes 9

• Hojun-na-Wine Likes this wine:

  February 26, 2022 - From a magnum. Incredibly generous nose of bright blackberry, raspberry, menthol, cedar, damp soil upon initial pour, evolving to molasses, dried leaves, brown sugar over the course of an hour.
  
  Medium alcohol, medium body, medium+ acidity. Initially some grainy tannins but mellowed put nicely after an hour.
  
  The wine is unbelievably fresh. Hard to believe this wine is 45 years old. Magical. It’s shows the talent of Ric Foreman.
  
  Under good conditions this wine has the stuffing to go for another decade or more.

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• RockinCabs wrote: 92 points

  March 6, 2021 - Nose: blackberry, perfumed florals, leather, and loamy earth. Lively on the nose and showing younger than anticipated. Palate: vigorous berry, red cherry, sage, leather and camphor notes. The fruit is more dried fruit at this point, but it has a sweet inner mouth perfume that is so enjoyable.
  
  This was a special acquisition from a one owner cellar, and it delivered well above the CT average here. Not fading, but certainly in a prime window for drinking

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• kkazaks wrote:

  May 20, 2014 - From a tasting last winter. Most giving, least complex of the 77's. Sophisticated but not complex.

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• Brad L wrote:

  December 20, 2009 - A lovely, powerful old school Napa Cab, from the glory years. A Ric Forman wine. Lots of dusty acids, giving a sense of oak, but it wasn't - it was just a lot of great material, and dare I say Rutherford dust. From back when it was worth drinking Cal Cab.

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• Meerlust wrote: 88 points

  April 19, 2009 - 13% alcohol made by Ric Forman. The color is consistent with its age - pale red center transitioning to orange rim. The nose was varietally correct with green peppers, leafy tobacco, cassis, and some aged bottle sweetness. I was impressed by the fruit intensity of this 32 year old wine, but it was not especially complex. The tannins have gracefully melted away and the acidity is well matched with the fruit's intensity. The finish is fruit-packed with an herbal edge. Overall, this has impressive fruit for its age and is a snapshot into a bygone era of California winemaking. I feel privileged to have tried it.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1977
• Type Red
• Producer Sterling Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 49 (65%)
• Consumed 26 (35%)

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