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2018 Rivers-Marie Cabernet Sauvignon Lore Vineyard
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Oakville
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Community Tasting Notes 8
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Gary N Likes this wine: 97 points
February 13, 2024 - Intense nose, wild berry fruit. Dark staining red color, lots of sediment. Huge wine. Young. Better to wait a few more years.
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jviz wrote: 95 points
March 6, 2023 - The wine is coming together. It has the sweet, ripened fruit and toasted vanilla notes on the nose that draw my mind to the barrel room. I find these wines truly delicious. They are bombastic and unapologetic but do offer some menthol and eucalyptus notes along with the fruit. Some pencil shaving comes through on the finish. I really enjoyed the 2018 cabs at RM.
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MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 points
July 8, 2022 - Still needs time in bottle even with an overnight. Clumsy right now with a will of tannin/acid obscuring the fruit. Give it 5 years.
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AllRed wrote: 91 points
May 20, 2022 - Friday Night Brown Bagger (R&R's): Double blind. Deep inky color with notes of blueberry liqueur, chocolate, cassis, kirsch and oak spice. Develops licorice, vanilla and mocha notes as it opens in the glass. Loads of ripe black fruit on the palate, with a sweet liqueur-like quality to the fruit. Hints of brown sugar as well. Seems like a big 2018 Napa cabernet. 91+ pts. (R&R)
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happy712 Likes this wine: 95 points
August 28, 2021 - Excellent after an 8 hour decant or wait until at least 2023. Dark, decadently complex fruit. Steak and potatoes go perfectly with it.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type Red
- Producer Rivers-Marie
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Lore Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Oakville
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 9 (1%)
- In Cellars 1,037 (77%)
- Consumed 309 (23%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 7 votes
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- ProducerRivers-Marie
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationOakville
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- AppellationOakville