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2003 Neal Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Fifteen-Forty
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 19
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Grape_ape Likes this wine: 94 points
January 17, 2024 - As noted in other notes, cork is indeed fragile... came out in pieces and crumbled, had to decant through a screen. Wine quality unaffected.
This was killer, great nose of red and dark fruit, tobacco, leather. Blackberry, cassis along with bordeaux-esque notes of pencil shavings, and tobacco. Surprising still pretty tannic. This was delicious, and while no reason not to drink now, I think this will hold for quite a bit as well. -
danscellar wrote: 94 points
December 17, 2023 - Dark fruit, a good bit of leather and tobacco. Very nice smooth tannins. Be gentle with the cork, it was pretty fragile.
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JERB Likes this wine: 93 points
May 2, 2021 - The years have done well on this wine! Tonight it was beautifully integrated, elegant, subtle and yet sublime. The nose gave herbal notes with some dustiness and a hint of oak. The palate was primarily red and blue fruits with a wonderful long finish. It was the perfect foil for filet mignon done sous vide then grilled. Fabulous!
It was decanted for three hours. If you have them - enjoy them, but don't wait too much longer. -
wiscgrad wrote: 96 points
December 8, 2019 - spectacular aged napa cab. bot recently from the winery. the nose so complex. herbs and some earthy. on the palate, a mix of dark red fruit. still quite lively. really impressed
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Alfaro wrote: 95 points
April 20, 2017 - Stellar, this wine performed incredibly well at a Riedel wine dinner, balanced, well integrated, vibrant, ripe and substantial enough to stand up to a well charred mid-rare tomahawk steak!! Drinking very well right now and will probably consume the rest of my bottles this year.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer Neal Family Vineyards
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Fifteen-Forty
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 123 (47%)
- Consumed 136 (53%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Easter dinner. Smooth and decanted for an hour and a half.Who Likes This Wine
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- Wine2003 Neal Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Fifteen-Forty
- ProducerNeal Family Vineyards
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley