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2012 Relic Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Artefact

Cabernet Sauvignon

  • USA
  • California
  • Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 6

  • nkirsch Likes this wine: 91 points

    April 4, 2024 - Cork was dry but wine was ok. solid Napa cab, nice nose, fruit, tannins and finish. Not sure it gets better with more time

  • nkirsch Likes this wine: 90 points

    December 15, 2022 - solid napa cab. Good fruit, full flavor, decent nose.

  • nkirsch Likes this wine: 92 points

    February 18, 2021 - solid cab. Opened an hour before drinking. Nice fruit, good structure, nice finish

  • Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine:

    September 8, 2020 - Drinking great here. I think this has at least five more years despite CT pundits saying the window closes in a year or two (does every Cali wine drinker on CT prefer their wines super young???). I’m not going to bother with further notes. You guys already drank this wine two years after release.

  • wino_tim wrote: 89 points

    May 24, 2018 - Very deep ruby. A straightforward and uncomplicated nose offers ripe red and black cherries, warm loamy earth and violets alongside well-integrated notes of vanilla, toast and spice. Medium+ bodied and juicy but somewhat tight on the palate with a nearly high level of grippy tannins driving fresh black fruit and tarragon flavors. Perhaps this needs time to unwind but there doesn't seem to be a lot of stuffing here.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174 (link)

    (Relic Wines Artefact Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2012
  • Type Red
  • Producer Relic Wines
  • Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Designation Artefact
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • SubRegion Napa Valley
  • Appellation Napa Valley

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  • In Cellars 143 (44%)
  • Consumed 184 (56%)

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