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2010 O'Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Howell Mountain
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Community Tasting Notes 157
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edjBoca wrote: 94 points
April 19, 2024 - Great with air....
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SpoochMan Likes this wine: 93 points
March 27, 2024 - Brought to Roux for dinner. This was drinking very nicely. Dark fruits, substantial body, and nice mouthfeel. There are some hints of secondaries, but this is primarily fruit driven. As such, it's not that complex but it is delicious for what it is. No hurry to drink the other two, but also not clear to me that this will really improve. Should drink other bottles in the next couple of years.
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rustyRudy Likes this wine: 94 points
January 18, 2024 - Solid, complex, dark fruited
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Vailman Likes this wine: 95 points
December 20, 2023 - Consistent with my notes from 9 years ago. This wine has aged beautifully and has lived up to its full potential.
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Geaux Tigers Likes this wine: 97 points
November 30, 2023 - Shook air into the bottle and let rest at cellar temps for 45 min which seemed about right. Plenty of pixie dust on the cork so a decant may have been in order, but not today.
Definitely from a cooler vintage, this was an elegant sophisticated version of the O’Shaughnessy Howell Mtn masterpiece. Cool berry fruit—black cherry, black raspberry, forest floor, charred hardwood, pine forest. Still some tannic structure left (in a good way) and plenty of acid that tells me this can go for many years. 95 (again). I don’t think this gets much better, but it ain’t goin’ South anytime soon.
Post-script—after 2.5 hrs this really amped up a notch. Blind I would have nailed this (incorrectly) as a Chateau Montrose from a great (slightly warmer?) year (05 or 09 maybe?). Quite the compliment! Upped score to 97.2 people found this helpful Comment
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By Stephen Tanzer
O’Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Howell Mountain: 2000–2015 (Apr 2018), 4/18/2018 (link)(O'shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: An Epic Vintage (Dec 2012) (link)(O'shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162 (link)(O'Shaughnessy Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011) (link)(O'shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2010
- Type Red
- Producer O'Shaughnessy
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Howell Mountain
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 16 (0%)
- In Cellars 2,344 (47%)
- Consumed 2,664 (53%)
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationHowell Mountain
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