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• TexasBob Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 11, 2022 - Deep medium garnet color, uncorrupted. Delicious frosted wedding cake nose with black and red fruits. Blackberry jam traits with excellent structure.

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• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  February 19, 2020 - 13,5% alcohol.
  
  Deep, developed and quite concentrated dark ruby red color that permits some light through. A pale dried blood-red rim. The nose feels juicy, sweet and somewhat tertiary with aromas of juicy strawberries, some dusty earth, a little bit of ripe dark plums, a little bit of London licorice, light oxidative notes of soy sauce, a hint of blood and a mushroomy touch of sous-bois and earth. The wine is juicy, full-bodied and somewhat sweet-toned on the palate with a textural mouthfeel and quite ripe flavors of strawberries, some wizened dark plums, a little bit of tobacco and cigar box, light oxidative notes of hoi-sin, umami hints of beef jerky and mushrooms and a salty touch of soy sauce. The wine is medium to moderately high in acidity with ample yet quite resolved medium-plus tannins that slowly pile up on the gums. The finish is dry, textural and quite tertiary with savory flavors of fried porcini mushrooms, gamey meat, some developed notes of leather and salty soy sauce, light smoky notes, a hint of prunes and a touch of strawberry jam.
  
  A rich and very evolved Napa Cab. It has aged quite gracefully, but is getting quite tertiary at this point and the overall consensus was that the wine is now going slowly downhill. Most likely this would've been better 5-8 years ago. Still pretty enjoyable, but not in top shape anymore. The wine still retains quite balanced structure, but stylistically, with its obviously ripe fruit, it is a bit sweeter than what I'd like. Good but not great.

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• no leashes wrote: 90 points

  March 11, 2017 - This wine was delicious, far exceeding expectations given the age of the wine. Still with lots of dark fruit, good length and smooth texture. Actually did better than the 1986 Haut Brion the same night.

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• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 points

  May 6, 2015 - Back Vintage Wine Night (Extra Space): Pop and poured. Drank over 2 hours.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, garnet colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of capsicums, tobacco, tea leaves, earth, and sweet red and black cherries. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, medium acidity, medium alcohol, silky smooth medium- tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of capsicums, tobacco, tea leaves, earth, sweet red and black cherries, red plums. Long finish.
  Very good quality. Over the course of the 2 hours, the capsicums and tea leaves initially were more prominent, receding at the 1 hour mark, allowing the sweet fruit to exhibit itself. By 2 hours, the fruit was fading already and capsicums dominated. Nearing the end of its life and long run. Drink up.
  The 1986 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Bella Oaks I drank last year was much better. This bottle had no vineyard indication on the label.

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• WoodieBayArea wrote: 89 points

  February 16, 2013 - slight bricking, some smoke / funk upon opening on the nose, smoky nose remained throughout the evening, when opened i hoped an hour in the decanter would bring more fruit fwd but it didn't, wine was fine but no fruit and that was its fatal flaw, nice acid, some nice secondary / herbal elements, a good drink but not great

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1986
• Type Red
• Producer Heitz Cellar
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 098803018735

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• In Cellars 201 (80%)
• Consumed 51 (20%)

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