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Community Tasting Notes 38
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Bob and Joli Likes this wine: 90 points
March 24, 2021 - This continues as a superior wine, but drink it soon.
Dark berries and notes. But is fading.
Drink in one sitting. -
Ralphie1 Likes this wine: 94 points
January 12, 2018 - Aged beautifully! Wonderful cab blend! My last bottle. Worth the wait. Drink now
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jww Likes this wine: 92 points
January 11, 2017 - Drank with the BBC
This was drinking nicely soft brown color slightly dusty but nice fruit nose
soft taste but still tasted fresh dark fruit and chocolate -
cab blends wrote: 86 points
March 18, 2016 - Blind home wine tasting with MOT Scoring sheet: Dark ruby red and fruitier than all the others tonight.
Full bodied with some dark chocolate in the finish. -
BCharlieG wrote: 89 points
May 24, 2012 - 2004 Bennett Lane Maximus: This bottle has more zip than the previous I've opened but still curious in it's lifecycle and just a touch unbalanced. I didn't decant this one like the last and it's drinking much better and I think a slow introduction to 02 better than rapid oxidation. I let it sit in the bottle for about an hour and a half and it really came to life with excellent palate presence. Nice round cherry, unsweetened chocolate, boysenberry, little residual sugar and almost an almond butter finish. sharp from the alcohol that's still hanging in there and the tannins have softened quite a bit and the fruit doesn't quite hold up to the alcohol. this is a curious age for this wine. not 100% it's not just sleeping vs peaking. definitely didn't need a decant but rather a slow opening. Has been traditionally my second favorite of this label (at one point was a wine member) behind the '03 maximus. Drink now but would be curious to see how this wine drinks if it actually is sleeping.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Bennett Lane
- Varietal Red Blend
- Designation Maximus
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Code 184810000099
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 174 (36%)
- Consumed 311 (64%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerBennett Lane
- VarietyRed Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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