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• sonodoc Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 8, 2024 - Big dark and rich, flavorful mix of red and black fruit. Very enjoyable. I find the Buccella Cabs to be consistently good each year, and as mentioned before, the bottle is incredibly heavy, feeling as heavy empty as some bottles feel when full.

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• tward Likes this wine: 91 points

  August 22, 2020 - Intense, deep, dark, and layered, this avoids the cloying, mouth-coating effect you get with less capable renditions of the hedonistic, rich style. A slightly sweet, exuberant nose of forest floor, ripe berries, and exotic spices followed seamlessly by a body that shows layers of ripe dark and red fruits, pipe tobacco, cedar, dried herbs, and cocoa nibs. Holds its 14.9% abv well.
  
  Smooth, but still wound up pretty tightly. Even though this seems made in a style to enjoy shortly after release, I wonder whether this won't be even better in a few years as it unwinds in bottle.
  
  This is not my normal style, but I was offered it and really enjoyed it well with hanger steak. It's a wine that draws you in - a real pleasure wine. As I mentioned, even though it is a big wine, it doesn't get tired after half a glass, you can keep going! A really fine wine that fans of the style will surely score higher than me.
  
  Aside: As you'd expect, this comes with the Big Heavy Bottle. I compared the weight of the completely empty bottle to both a full bottle of a U.S Pinot and a full bottle of a Spanish Baga and the weights were the same!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Buccella
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 364 (73%)
• Consumed 133 (27%)

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