Community Tasting Notes 12

• Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 6, 2021 - Round sweet fruit, glycerin texture, long, long ketonic finish. Might not sound enjoyable but it is! Middle aged with lots left to mature into. Moderate tannic structure, but it seems to have lots of acidity. Big wine - more sipping than food. Loads of alcohol but it has the weight to carry it off.

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• Ravi Deshpande Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 9, 2018 - In its drinking window. Fruit beautifully integrated, tannins subdued. Very enjoyable.

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• Bigtuna wrote: 89 points

  March 24, 2018 - Decanted for an hour, tasted over 3 hours. Big, jammy, and noticeable tannins and acidity. Slight taint to the nose. Over all, somewhat disappointing compared to prior bottles. 89

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• traxxx Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 14, 2017 - Powerful Cabernet..3 hour decant. Smoky, with dark fruits and wet earth. Long finish of plum and blackberry jam. Medium + tannins ...big finish that lasts

• Jbird73 wrote: 93 points

  February 7, 2016 - Lots of life left and at the same time delicious right now. Middle of the road in terms of volume on this one. Right where I like it.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Checkerboard Vineyards
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Kings Row
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
• In Cellars 267 (47%)
• Consumed 296 (52%)

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