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• Francophile1 Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 20, 2023 - Wow! What a nose on this wine. While still just a baby, this wine sings from the glass with beautiful creme de cassis. It is a tightly wound ball of energy that explodes in the glass with a few swirls. There are firm but sweet tannins on the finish suggesting this will benefit from a few more years in bottle or at least two hours in the decanter.

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• Francophile1 Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 28, 2023 - A big wine with powerful mountain berry fruit. An explosion or fruit in the glass. Long but firm finish on the backend. This is a well made wine. That said, to think I could buy an aged bottle of Pichon Lalande, Pontet Canet, or Leoville Las Cases, etc… for the same price or less, there is no question which one I would buy. It’s all personal preference.

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• CTwine wrote: 95 points

  April 19, 2023 - Drinking very well. Smooth dark fruit a wine almost all will enjoy!

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• AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 28, 2023 - 90 min double decant. Opaque electric purple magenta color. Stewed plum, honey, toasted pumpkin seed, and subtle mustard. Smooth, tongue drying palate. Firm tannins on the longish finish.
  
  This continued to improve over an hour of drinking. My score is where it ended up. Very solid for the poor vintage, but not a bottle I’d seek out.

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• Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 4, 2022 - Dark inky in color with a short purple rim.
  
  Strong nose of blackberries, figs, raisins, vanilla, cedar, licorice, tobacco, spices and black pepper.
  
  Full bodied and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.
  
  Dry and very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black plums, cooked cherries, cedar, earth, vanilla, spices, espresso, tobacco and herbs.
  
  Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.
  
  This is a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. Fruit forward with nice complexity and mouthfeel.
  
  Good right out of the bottle and better with a few hours of airtime.
  
  This 5 year old is still very young and would be better in 5 years. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.
  
  I had the 2013 a few years ago, and it was drinking better at a young age. This 2017 will be much better in 10 years.
  
  Elegant and tasty. Rich and extracted.
  
  100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were are aged for 22 months in new French oak barrels. 52 barrels produced.
  
  14.4% alcohol by volume.
  
  92 points.
  
  $180.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Barnett Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Rattlesnake
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Spring Mountain District
• UPC Code 083085400217

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• In Cellars 1,336 (83%)
• Consumed 260 (16%)

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