Community Tasting Notes 15

• Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 11, 2023 - This was tasting quite fine. Big bursts of ripe dark fruits to fresh red raspberries to red cherries and plum purée. Little bit of spices, chocolate, leather and spices. Smooth acidity with ripe long finish. Tasted better than last time.

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• Badmonkey wrote: 96 points

  September 30, 2023 - My father’s birthday and we decided to drink the 2019 vintage next to the 2016 vintage to see how they compare. Dark ruby fruit - blackberry, currants, and dark cherry. Smooth mid-palate with a nice purity and solid depth/concentration; however, it’s not showing the same depth/concentration as a couple years ago. Nice rich flavors of cassis, baking spices, cocoa, and a graphite component. Fairly long finish. Popped/poured but drank out of a decanter for a couple hours. Not much improvement with time but at a nice drinking point. 96 for the 2016 vintage and 94 for the 2019 vintage - although the 2019 vintage needs more time. Once again, no surprise of the 97+ rating from Dunnuck for the 2016. 100% cab.

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• Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 8, 2022 - 3 hr decant. Magenta/ruby/purple. Dark fruit flavors sprinkled with black pepper. Spicy cedar. Savoriness, Tobacco, graphite, intermixed with cherries and berries. Medium to full bodied, complex flavors retaining liveliness, freshness and vibrancy. Hints of floral earthiness! TRB is the winemaker.

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• TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine: 96 points

  August 7, 2022 - 4 great wines with friends:
  
  - 2019 Myridad Empyrean (97)
  - 2016 Kinsella Heirloom (96)
  - 2018 Kamen (95)
  - 2018 Lewis (95)
  
  I love everything about this wine. Right in my wheelhouse. Unfortunately my last of this vintage. Signature TRB style here.

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• sean7711 Likes this wine: 97 points

  November 6, 2021 - Part of some belated birthday celebration with friends. Due to the number of wines drank, no formal tasting notes and did not leave notes for all of them.
  
  Wines drank included
  2018 Word Choice
  2019 Yesterday Rutherford
  2018 MFN Harvey & Harriet
  2018 Outpost
  2015 Rubicon
  2016 Kinsella Heirloom
  2016 Groth Reserve
  2016 Vice Versa Le Petit Vice
  2018 Carter Los Compadres
  
  WOTN for everyone involved. Double decanted for 5 hours prior to dinner. Served blind alongside the Outpost, Groth, and Rubicon. Threw off a ton of sediment so I would recommend the decant/filtering.
  
  Such a great, smooth wine. TRB magic in Sonoma. Even better than Jersey Boys.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Kinsella Estates
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Heirloom Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Dry Creek Valley
• UPC Code 810029016315

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• In Cellars 133 (73%)
• Consumed 50 (27%)

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