Community Tasting Notes 18

• YankeeRobio Likes this wine: 97 points

  November 15, 2023 - Chambord, marionberry, anise, sweet tobacco, menthol and charcoal. Wonderful mouthfeel, more reminiscent of the concentrated '15's than the velvety '16's. Special wine

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• Franken Berry Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 6, 2023 - I always enthusiastically look forward to popping a bottle of Regusci - I don’t have many opportunities to follow TRB into Stags Leap District. We tasted this side by side with the 2019 in celebration of a good friend’s 60th birthday. This version was quite the wild ride. I gave it 3 hours slow ox, but the first sips upon opening was intense, explosive black and red fruits, too much so. This never really settled down on day one, and actually faded quite quickly in the glass over an hour or two. I would have sworn I was drinking a young, Calistoga cab. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed, as I was looking forward to the typical savory and mineral driven style of a stags leap red.
  Anyhow, I recorked the last third of the bottle, and threw it in the car for the eight hour drive home, from Maine to Philly.
  Day two, this wine had totally transformed itself. The fruit settled, the acidity ramped up and the mineral driven finish went on and on.terrific balance, rich purity of red and black fruits, baking spice, hint of cedar.
  93 on day one, 95 day two. I would give another bottle 2-3 years

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• cubswinws Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 21, 2023 - Well balanced and easy to drink. Yet still carries enough complexity to be interesting.

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• t_moderne wrote: 92 points

  September 9, 2022 - Pop and pour. Enjoyed in a Grassl Liberte.
  Dark puirple color.
  Nose offers rich dark cherries,
  
  and plum. Some woodsy notes as well as a hint of wood smoke.
  rich and dark fruited on the intro; some licorice and tobacco notes gives an accent to the fruit. Good acidity to keep the rich fruit in check.
  Enjoyable.

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• cab blends wrote: 91 points

  January 14, 2022 - TRB and MS Blind Tasting; 1/14/2022-1/23/2022: Red fruits on the nose

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Caterwaul
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Regusci Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Stags Leap District

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• In Cellars 373 (65%)
• Consumed 199 (35%)

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