Community Tasting Notes 15

• mxpbuy Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 16, 2019 - From D-Mag. Pop and pour. No decanting time required. Ripe black fruits. Dusty tannins. A few dried herb. Light touch of Oak. Very smooth and well made but short on complexity.

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• iamandyc Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 5, 2019 - With some air became a balanced mature cab that glides over the palate. Some fruit and vanilla on a fragrant nose. Subtle complexity but the finish was on the short side. Overall very pleasant experience - drink up.

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• mxpbuy Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 12, 2018 - Had side by side with 2004. Color showing a little maturity but not bricking. Black fruits, some vanilla Oak, still some rough tannins in spots but overall smooth enough to enjoy. The fruit is starting to fade a bit while the tannins remain quite firm. Drink up in 750 format, but still a high quality wine at this moment. If WS gave this wine an 81, it must have been very early in the wine's life, when I imagine it was likely a hot mess.

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• D. Mitchell Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 19, 2017 - Surprise of the night. This wine is in a great drinking window now, and for the price represents a strong QPR effort. The Thorevilos fruit is apparent, tasted blind, one of our guests thought this was an older Abreu wine. The wine was very clear, purple in color, a beautiful nose of cassis, plum, led into a smooth palate of plum, black currant, mocha, the finish was not powerful, but the flavors did remain for around 20 to 30 seconds. This is a smooth, very pleasurable wine to sip on its own, and does not have any rough edges. WS 81 points? I agree with "MAITREDGREG2" WS missed on this one. 92+

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• maitredgreg2 Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 28, 2015 - Popped & Poured.
  Boy! Did Wine Spectator have this all wrong; I'm not an expert, but this wine has arrived, either the taster who made the prediction at 81pts was drunk by the end of the day, or, must have been the first time on the job. This wine exudes pure cassis, cola, and licorice, like non that I've ever experienced, also a clean, natural sweetness not found in any wines of today, not extracted or infused, but just a natural, smooth, silky finish, leaning towards dry, but resisting. A stunner, a sleeper, a classic, and a deliverer, all in one. I keep walking away in order to see what's in store for tomorrow, but, I freeze, and say to myself out loud, " that's some good sh@t!, and pour another glass, savoring each sip. This bottle will last the night, only because I've already drank a bottle of Gamut. Mmm Mmm, delicious. 94+(Can't wait to taste the 2003)
  We are now keeping score, Wine Spectator looses.
  Score:
  WS 0
  CT 1

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Igneous
• 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 68 (37%)
• Consumed 118 (63%)

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