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• BobtheWineGuy wrote:

  March 31, 2024 - Easter, drinking well now

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• EMTAME wrote: 93 points

  February 6, 2024 - This wine has barely budged over the year since my last bottle. It's full of terrifically rich dark fruit, velvety dense tannins, and a strong backbone of acidity. It was delicious but felt like a shame to drink it last night, given how much more it will offer in 3-4 years. I'm going to do my best to leave my last bottle alone and enjoy it in its full glory down the road. For $65, this is one heck of a wine. My score reflects current drinking, but I'd expect this will hit the mid-90s when it peaks.

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• ssouth Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 16, 2023 - We had Jane and Drayton Stott over
  
  Barb made a great watermelon appetizer and perfectly cooked 2 huge CostCo Ribeyes
  
  A fresh summer dish
  Fresh watermelon with crumbled feta, preserved lemons, mint, basil and olives
  
  We did a port wine reduction and mushrooms side along with fresh corn and broccolini
  
  Jane brought heavenly peach/blueberry pie
  
  Wine.
  
  2014 Rivers-Marie Cabernet, Napa Valley, alc 14.5%
  Decanted an hour
  Intense and well balanced with ripe fruit. Still youthful.
  
  2016 Failla Haynes Vineyard Chardonnay, Coombsville. Alc 14.1%
  Beautiful in taste and texture. Excellent fruit.

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• prasm Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 10, 2023 - Consumed over 3 days (stored in Somm du Vin), note from day 3. Appearance: Clear, deep ruby with slight cloudiness on the edges. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with aromas of green bell pepper, blackberry, cassis, clove and blackcurrant leaf. Palate: Medium + acid, medium + tannin is soft and smooth, medium + intensity with the labeled 14.5% abv apparent, full body with flavors of ripe dark fruit, spice, and bell pepper with a long finish.
  
  Balance: Very Good - noticeable alcohol is a detraction
  Length: Outstanding
  Intensity: Outstanding
  Complexity: Excellent
  
  Overall, it's an excellent Napa Cabernet just entering it's drinking window with outstanding intensity and length. The single negative from my perspective is the labeled 14.5% abv which feels like 15%+ to my palate. Can drink now, but this will drink well for another 3-5 years.

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• gharter Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 3, 2023 - PnP. Starts with a beautiful nose of cherry , blackberry, cassis, plum, earth and herb aromas. Still loaded with flavor with a similar profile. Medium body. Smooth tannins in the long finish with the oak showing up. Well balanced.

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• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Rivers-Marie
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Consumed 631 (62%)

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