Community Tasting Notes 9

• Bigfresser wrote: 94 points

  July 4, 2022 - drinking this on my birthday. It was smooth and rich with lot's of integrated fruit and soft tannins.

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• Yack Man Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 6, 2020 - Dark purple to the rim, with a floral nose. Palate wise, dark cherry, dark berry fruit, slightly tart cassis. More of a full-bodied wine yet the flavors are suppressed/inhibit flavors at this stage, a wine that will benefit from more cellaring. If you decide to drink it soon, give it a long decant. A good wine now but with better days lie ahead for this vintage. The 2016 is more approachable and preferred.

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• cablover123 Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 22, 2020 - This year is starting to open up and still has upside. Give it a few more years or a 2+ hour decant.
  
  Crimson red in color with the alcohol still prominent on the edges. Damp forest floor and tobacco on the nose. Dark plums and cherries with a long smooth finish. This was the best 12C I have tried which tells me to age those 15's and 16's five plus years.

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• Yack Man wrote: 93 points

  February 5, 2019 - My first bottle was more explosive on the palate, higher octane and raw energy. I really enjoyed the power and energy of this wine the first time around. This experience started out a bit on lock down.
  Reddish purple color. On the palate, dark and slightly tart cherry, cassis, soft plum notes and some acidity. A medum/ full-bodied wine that will benefit from more bottle time. Day 2 showed a nice improvement as the acidity tamed and had settled down nicely, not to mention, the wine smoothed out and the components in the wine were a bit more expressive on the palate. This bottle went from 91 to 93.5 Points . This is a pretty good bottle of vino that shows best with some decanting.

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• HowellMountainCru Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 8, 2018 - A wonderful expression of a modern Napa cab. Drank along side a 2013 Janzen To Kalon an a 2013 Stonestreet Cougar Ridge brought by my buddy Mark1npt. All great wines, for me the 12C was the brightest most fruit driven. It had great depth and balance with a plum and violet palette.
  
  Just another great wine from Mike Smith in his usual style.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer 12c
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation G3 Reserve
• Vineyard Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford

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• In Cellars 66 (43%)
• Consumed 89 (57%)

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