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Manage Subscriptions2003 Seavey Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Caravina
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
Community Tasting Notes 24
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dsimmons Likes this wine: 95 points
September 21, 2016 - Last bottle of a case of this delicious QPR cab. Sorry to see them go.
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dsimmons Likes this wine: 96 points
December 29, 2013 - This wine was tasted along wit 5 other moderately priced California Cabs. It was the least expensive selection and for my palate was one of the top wines. Delicious cab with big nose and loads of fruit, Excellent balance and good complexity. One of the best QPR purchases ever. Sorry to say only one bottle left from a case.
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Empirate wrote: 92 points
December 6, 2013 - Decanted 4 hours (moderate sediment). Drank with grilled lamb chop and sherried pan sauce.
Moderate nose of mature dark fruit (more than expected and most of 4 bottles of varying age and varietal).
Nice concentration and structure. Dark blue/black fruit transforming/mature with tertiary notes of cigar and leather showing. Balanced. Tannins tamed but not resolved.
Excellent and in it's drinking window. Drink now with decant but no rush. -
webbaker Likes this wine: 91 points
May 8, 2013 - Second tasting, but the previous bottle was cork tainted, this bottle was fine. Moderate amount of moderately large sediment. Decanted 8 hours, then consumed over the next 24. Long decant times really help Seavey cabs. The fruit tasted a little dried out here, especially compared to solid tastings of 06 & 07 Caravina. Could be a weaker vintage, could just be the wine is slightly around the bend. Still enjoyable, though, big Seavey aromatics dominate, as usual.
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webbaker wrote: flawed
March 23, 2013 - Cork tainted, but the polyethylene trick worked. Strong aromatics, but the fruit not really strong enough to match. I'd probably have rated this 92 if not corked.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer Seavey Vineyard
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Caravina
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 158 (40%)
- Consumed 239 (60%)
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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