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• Steve Simmons Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 9, 2023 - PnP. Had with cheese and crackers watching shark tank. good aromatics, red fruit spice, med+ acidity? balanced,
  Long finish. Nice wine.
  
  Follow up bottle 9/9/23- PnP and just as good as previous bottle.

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• Steve Simmons Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 29, 2023 - 6 months since last bottle. Had and Sara at Jorge new house.
  
  Splash decant. Had with grilled chicken thighs. Very nice and open for business. Crowd pleasing even with the 15% alc. Great aromatics, you get a big mouhthful of tasty fruit, good mouthfeel, and a med+ finish. 50% new french oak. Its more feminine/elegant and not over the top at all. This was a nice bottle.

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• Damon K wrote:

  January 29, 2023 - Delicious

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• Steve Simmons Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 29, 2023 - 2 hour decant.
  Had with beef tenderloin, steakhouse mushrooms, glazed carrots and warm chewy breadand kerry gold butter.
  
  RHBAN12's Notes in earleir review are spot on for this bottle and more articulate than mine below.
  
  Deep magenta. Sticky legs, stained the sides of the glasvin decanter. Minimal aromatics and a bit of alcohol on the sniffy sniff. I went ahead and served it with a bit of a chill as I thought it may be too round due the alcohol (15.1% per the label), but turned out it didn't need it at all and was nice with dinner and afterwards. I "felt" the alcohol, but it was hidden while tasting.
  
  Some red fruit, cedar, oak/spice, tannins definately there and drying (but pleasurable to my pallatte). Enough acid to keep it lively. Short hidden finish (today).
  
  Wife and I both enjoyed this and polished off the bottle fairly quickly, so no day 2 notes. Will try another in 6 months and if aromatics and finish come out this will be very nice.
  
  Met expectations

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• Rbhan12 wrote: 91 points

  December 4, 2022 - Splash decant, back to bottle, followed for a 3-4h. Needs a few hours to get into stride. Anyone know the alleged source of this?
  
  Nose is a little quiet. Teasing out cedar, red currants, minty/eucalyptus as prior note suggests. Palate is rather quiet despite being medium-full bodied. I do get some leathery/savory notes that covers ripe cherries and sun-dried red fruit. The finish shows fresh dark red fruit paste/leather, some very subtle oaky notes, and sweet red earth. I feel a touch of RS on the finish.
  
  Maybe this is just palate preference but I'm conflicted about this wine. I do find it to be a bit too ripe, and I think the mouthfeel is oversized for the lack of power it brings. However it does have good complexity that could show over time. That requires acid/tannin to facilitate cellaring, which I don't think this wine has.
  
  To me, this wine had the potential to be really good but falls short in a few ways. I'm at *shoulder shrug, good* for this. Not a wine for my palate, but it's certainly 91-92 quality.
  
  HOLD for at least 1 more year. Maybe this was just in a weird spot.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer de Négoce
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation OG N.78
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Consumed 158 (33%)

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