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• rbieber168@gmail.com Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 24, 2019 - Lost of cherry and plum. Very balanced and very light for a california cab. Very much liked this wine.

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 28, 2018 - Recent purchase from the Winery. Decanted at 4:30 pm and tasted through about 9pm. This wine surprised me... I expected it to be a bit tired but it was lively and nicely mature with a richness that I really enjoyed. It was a translucent medium garnet with slight bricking on the edge. The nose is earthy with leather and cedar. On the palate it is still quite tart and tannic early on but with a couple hours of air this faded and more of a rich, chewy mouthfeel ensued. The flavors were nicely layered and complex with cedar, leather, graphite, chocolate, tobacco, blackberry and cassis. The finish was slightly bitter but ended with a dark chocolate aftertaste that was reasonably long. Good with a variety of pasta, meatballs and red sauce. This bottle would seem to indicate it has some life left though it probably won't get any better.

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• skurtz Likes this wine: 91 points

  April 6, 2018 - Head to head tasting in comparison with the 97 Claret Prestige from the same winery. The corks are very delicate, fractured needed an Ah-so to extract. At opening the wines taste appropriate to their age, like old bdx. Decanted for an hour before note-taking.
  
  Soft old leather nose, not super expressive. On the palate, great raspberry tart cherries, still some chewy tannins, acid and dirty roughness on the finish. Dry and austere, but overall pretty impressive, complex and tasting younger than 30 years. I scored it based on its academic interest, but longer time in the decanter made this drier, less fruity, and expressing more acid and tannin. This tasted best in the first 1-2h after opening.
  
  Pumped down overnight. This has devolved on Day 2, we are left with a dry lifeless husk with acid and some tannins. Perhaps drinkable by my grad students but for me at this stage why bother. This is a wine in decline. Pop the cork, wait a few minutes, and enjoy. Air only made this bottle taste less tasty.
  
  Glad I tried it but I don't feel compelled to seek out more bottles when there are more approachable (to me) selections from this winery.

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• MRichman wrote:

  January 16, 2007 - Dense, deep, old school Cabernet. I would not have guessed this was California Cab if served blind, it comes of more like a classic styled rustic right bank Bordeaux. Gritty oaky tannins with a long acidic finish, bright chewy fruit. This beefy wine begs for hearty food. It comes off younger than it's age, but I wouldn't push it too much further. I don't think it's tannins will resolve into the fruit any more, so it remains a little unbalanced, but quite good especially for the region it comes from. I wasn't aware that a Sierra Foothills Cab could live for 20 years.
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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1986
• Type Red
• Producer Renaissance
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sierra Foothills
• Appellation North Yuba
• UPC Codes 717332163104, 717332301414

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• In Cellars 52 (75%)
• Consumed 17 (25%)

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