Community Tasting Notes 42

• Yack Man Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 21, 2024 - A good bottle wine, but not as good as previous bottles. Showing more acidity and not as expressive, lacking useful energy at this stage. Off bottle, perhaps? Starting to fade? I have a few more bottles in the cellar, so we’ll see. 94/ 94+ Points.

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• LiteItOnFire wrote:

  January 2, 2024 - At 350 main Park Cityas hedonistic as it comes- and even with 8/9 years of age- still very enjoyable but more as a dessert wine than the main event. Crazy how palates change over time.
  
  For those that love the big bold in your face Napa Cabs, this is stellar. Was stellar upon release and is now but in a different form. Old me- this is still a killer wine even with the reduction in primary fruit and oak. New me, still fun but more dessert centric than intellectual. All dark fruits (black hole fruits a thing?), milk chocolate, sweet cream coffee, loads of vanilla, sweet earth, and candy profile. More milkshake than Austin Hope or Caymus 40th 1L bottle concoction.
  
  Regardless super fun, simple and delicious - when the mood calls for a double milk chocolate Frappuccino- hold the coffee bitterness.

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• Yack Man Likes this wine: 95 points

  September 7, 2023 - A fabulous Cab that may have lost a tad of its luster, but just a tad. Dark cherry and berry fruit, cassis, plum with some tobacco. Drinking well, perhaps an off bottle or time may be catching up with this vintage. I still have a few in the cellar so we'll see if that's the case with my next experience. 94/95 Points

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• LiteItOnFire wrote: 89 points

  April 1, 2023 - No notes. There is a reason I stopped buying Mike Smith wines as my palate no longer appreciates dessert flabby wines as it once did. These wines are made to be drunk early or they become one dimensional which this is on its way to now with the short bitter oak finish. This was great a few years ago- should have finished them up then. Drink up if you have.

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• Yack Man Likes this wine: 97 points

  August 9, 2022 - An exceptional, palate pleasing Cabernet that scores 96+ points as a pop and pour and probably better?
  
  Day 2 There is notable improvement. The wine is open and fully on display. Full bodied with dark berry fruits, impeccable extraction and rich full flavors. Dark cherry, crème de cassis, plum with some tobacco. A stunning Cab that’s bold with a lingering finish. 97 Points.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Scarlett Wines
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford
• UPC Code 833533050002

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• In Cellars 155 (45%)
• Consumed 192 (55%)

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