Community Tasting Notes 77

• awolffjr wrote: 95 points

  November 23, 2023 - Boy is this good. Perfect bouquet, nose, finish. Welcome relief after drinking New Zealand wines for 12 days. This is the best wine I’ve had in New Zealand by far.

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• Hamersly wrote: 94 points

  November 11, 2023 - From magnum. Opulent and decadent with fine, sweet tannins and no alcohol burn. Held back by a candied note, but WOTN by general consensus. A hedonistic delight.

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• PB wino wrote: 95 points

  February 27, 2022 - Drinking at peak. Fine grained tannin, fully integrated. In excellent balance.
  Lovely fruit still present. Wonderful

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• pmarlo Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 15, 2021 - Cork pulled ok, but later on proved brittle. Deep purple, almost black stained. Very little bouquet upon opening, poured through Vinturi. Nice body, and took most of the day for the fruit to emerge. Nice wine that has not waned and retained it's power. Had some been left for the next day, the fruit most likely would have further emerged. Really decent place now, nice complexity. I myself would drink now, but as the wine did take a good deal to emerge, probably can age a bit longer, but why toe the line and run risk of being past peak? Try now.

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• mdefreitas wrote: 92 points

  September 14, 2019 - This showed quite a bit better than my last bottle 5 years ago. This is starting to mellow, although the tannins are still quite evident. On day 2, the structure softened and the plump, plush, cassis fruit came forward. Very enjoyable, but if I was to nit pick, the fruit was a bit sweeter/candied than I would like.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Merus
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 006950000039

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• Pending Delivery 16 (1%)
• In Cellars 952 (48%)
• Consumed 1,028 (52%)

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