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2004 Blankiet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Paradise Hills Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 98
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rmalloy Likes this wine: 95 points
August 13, 2023 - Tasted/reviewed blind. A big, serious, mature wine. Lovely aromas of rose, tapenade, and smoky BBQ. Pronounced pyrazines (menthol/eucalyptus) greatly narrows what this could be (cabernet family for sure). I think this is Bordeaux. I’m going to guess right bank Bordeaux because the structure is plush and a little flabby, and the pyrazines are cab franc-like. Flabby, I must acknowledge, but this is glorious wine. It tastes about peak, but it should age well for at least 10 years. Rating: 95.
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Peech Likes this wine: 93 points
June 17, 2023 - drank 30 minutes after decanting. Lots of wood, plenty of sweet cassis, smoky, cedar. Very fragrant and floral.
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Bob23 Likes this wine: 93 points
May 19, 2023 - Bad cork - even a Durand couldn’t save it, so I had some crumbles to taste through, but the underlying structure was lovely, as was the balanced fruit.
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VinoGeeko wrote: 94 points
December 19, 2022 - The wine looks crimson. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), plum, mushroom, forest floor, bark, clove and tobacco.
Day 1 - Was the WOTN, drank next to a 70 dollar Syrah, and a 60 dollar Zin Day 2 - served a tad too cold this time around (thermometer had it 52 degrees) - fruit was more hidden as previous Ink, cloves (anise).
Evolved so curiously. Each sip brought new nuance, especially as it warmed. Complex wine, I recommend serving at 60-62 degrees (and not 52 degrees) -
marshalc Likes this wine: 95 points
June 7, 2022 - Really improved and opened up with time. Perhaps a decant or slower drinking needed. The reason I keep coming back to this producer: depth of flavor, more Bordeaux styled, with Cali/Oakville style. beautiful.
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By Stephen Tanzer
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Blankiet Estate
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Paradise Hills Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 12 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,757 (55%)
- Consumed 1,443 (45%)
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- ProducerBlankiet Estate
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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