Community Tasting Notes 5

• LorenzoIlMagnifico Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 31, 2020 - Superb wine. Deep and rich. Cedar and smoke in the nose. Good body with tannin giving it a substantial mouth feel. Still powerful so it might last for several more years before age catches up with it.

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• BRR wrote: 95 points

  February 8, 2020 - Seven wines from 1978 (CA and WA), and a few others...: WOTN. Saturated cork, but it came out in one piece. Surprisingly dark appearance. Soaring nose of dark cherry, tack room, humidor, spicy plum skin, currant. I was floored at how much great fruit and life this had. Delicious, contemplative, and a real head-turner. What a wine.

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• europat55 wrote: 86 points

  December 12, 2013 - 1978 California Cabernet Sauvignons (Tom's house in Palo Alto, California): Slightly corked nose, but still good (B+). Good, soft palate (B).
  My #6, Group's #6 (103 pts). Tasted blind.

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• Seanr7 wrote: 93 points

  December 25, 2008 - This was from a magnum, purchased at auction so no clue as to the provenance of this wine up to the time I bought it. Opened with an Ah-So because of the age and the cork was in great shape, wine soaked a little over half way. Poured into a decanter for sediment. The color was more like a 10 year old Cab, no bricking just solid deep red color, the nose was not promising, kind of dirty and musty, on the palate it was a bit muted, thought it was over the hill. Let it sit for about 20 minutes and tried again, what a difference those 20 minutes made. The nose was leather, spice, fruit. In the mouth the wine had morphed into a beautiful wine with dark silky fruit and a wonderful full mouth-feel. Nice finish that lasted half a minute. Drank over three hours and the wine held up over the whole time. Having next to no hope for this wine when I opened it this is my surprise wine of 2008.

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• bestdamncab Likes this wine: 80 points

  October 6, 1990 - 10 Cabernets Tasted at Primas with John Shafer. Was the first wine poured and had a dull, red center color surrounded by brown edges in the glass, but had a rich, spicy nose and slightly sour fruit on the palate, past its prime, medium lingering finish. My #8 and Group #6..

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1978
• Type Red
• Producer Matanzas Creek Winery
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma County

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• Pending Delivery 6 (13%)
• In Cellars 16 (33%)
• Consumed 26 (54%)

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