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1990 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

  • USA
  • California
  • Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 58

  • JoeDwine Likes this wine: 91 points

    January 22, 2024 - With Lamb chops…..
    Interesting bottle….seemed Dead upon opening and very thin but what an hour decant will do.
    Mild cassis, mint, slight earth, rhubarb,cinnamon and a beautiful sweetness that surprised me. Whisky/sauternes note shows it’s age though still can seem fresh from a slightly colder sip. Decent acidity and strong finish. Probably best to drink up.
    Range from 88-93 points
    At 3 hour mark it is showing black cherry, crushed rocks and licorice. Match sticks? Very fresh. Crazy time with this wine.

  • oldwines Likes this wine: 92 points

    January 20, 2024 - In my cellar since release, decanted at 5pm and tasted over several hours. The wine looks quite youthful with medium dark garnet and little to no bricking. Very old-school, Cali cab (thankfully) with a very Bordeaux-like funky nose, as well as cassis, pencil lead, lots of earthy notes and some chocolate, cedar and tobacco the\at emerge with a little air. Palate is less expressive than the nose at least in the first hour, but I suspect will open with more time (I’ll update later). Finish is quite long. Tannins are barely present with a silky texture to the wine. Still bright with acidity, certainly not flabby. I know there have been a number of bad reviews of this wine but this bottle seems very close to pristine with no obvious flaws like VA or Brett as others have experienced.
    Update- no improvement with more time in the decanter. I hoped it would open up some more but it didn’t. 93–>92

  • bbq_grandcru Does not like this wine: 50 points

    November 17, 2023 - The prior negative reviews are accurate! There is something very wrong with this wine. Pure VA. I mistakenly thought I bought the Estate when I recently purchased this at auction. Had I accurately read the reviews I would not have wasted my money!

  • RockinCabs wrote: 78 points

    December 12, 2022 - Same bottle as EC and I was on the fence about marking this as flawed, but looking at the notes this is just a wine with good or terrible reviews, and this reflects the poor end of the spectrum.

    Not sure if there was a stuck fermentation in 1990, or other winemaking challenge, but the degree of VA and prune is astounding. The cork was perfect, no sign of heat damage, just a load of espresso bean, charred wood and volatile acid.

  • englishman's claret wrote:

    December 11, 2022 - Awful; a little volatile, slightly raisiny, seemingly marked much more by a hot vintage than its terroir. A huge disappointment. Pristine cork and fill. Same bottle as RockinCabs and I agree with his score, which I won't duplicate here so as not to skew the stats with regard to % of awful bottles.

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    10/20/2006 (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1990
  • Type Red
  • Producer Spottswoode
  • Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • SubRegion Napa Valley
  • Appellation Napa Valley

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
  • In Cellars 432 (45%)
  • Consumed 528 (55%)

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