Community Tasting Notes 8

• kkazaks wrote: 90 points

  March 12, 2018 - Medium-purple to bright ruby at the rim.
  
  Fragrant nose of red flowers, black and red licorice, black tea, red currants and plums, fresh cedar, a whirl of baking spices on the top end, very seductive. Overall lots of fresh red fruits and spice
  
  A bright attack of tart red fruit - red raspberries and red currants, on the midpalate a robust alcohol and tannic quality presents itself.
  
  Still tightly wound up and really needing time to become most fully itself. Best time period the 2026-2040 window, should be showing then as among the top examples of this vintage.
  
  90 (potentially 93)

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• napasoutherner Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 25, 2017 - This is a very good wine but was very light in texture and finish (2011 was like that across the board). Supple and velvety it just didn't bring the power of what Dana usually brings to the table. Floral notes, violets, and vanilla.

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• napasoutherner wrote: 94 points

  October 21, 2016 - Elegant and nice depth. Even for a 2011. A beautiful wine enjoyed with a bone in filet

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• rylanreynolds wrote: 95 points

  June 25, 2016 - 4 hour decant did beautiful things for my first taste of a flagship wine from Dana (had the Onda before). This wine is complex on the nose and palate. Looking forward to trying additional vintages and the Lotus and Hershey vineyards.

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• Claretman wrote: 90 points

  March 7, 2016 - Tannic and tight, which is interesting in such a challenging vintage, I expect great things from Dana, but just find the Helms struggles when compared to Lotus although this was good for the vintage, just not what one expects at this price point. I find the Togni a similar style wine, for 25% of the cost here.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Dana Estates
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Helms Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford

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• Pending Delivery 6 (2%)
• In Cellars 226 (59%)
• Consumed 149 (39%)

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