Community Tasting Notes 10

• Bigdong wrote: 95 points

  May 4, 2024 - Slightly alcoholic

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• jimyeni Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 4, 2023 - Beautiful wine very expressive at the moment out of the oenomatic at oakville grocery.

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• RockinCabs wrote: 95 points

  June 10, 2023 - Nose: Classic cherry / blackberry, east Oakville terrra cotta, and warm pencil notes.
  
  Palate: The seamless feel, bright cherry, blackberry slate and eucalyptus. Orange peel and red currant tones with cocoa and tobacco notes as it opens.
  
  Finish: Comes across a bit hot in the finish, oak needs integration now, but this is on a good path.
  
  All of the TOR Cabernets that I tasted on this day started out very closed in on themselves. Chalky cement notes on top that indicated they were quite shut down. Enjoyed over about 2 hours and they did open up. Give these time or 5+ hour decants now.

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• thesternowl wrote: 94 points

  February 27, 2023 - Served double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a deep ruby color with a near opaque core. Medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. No signs of sediment or gas. On the nose, the wine is clean, developing and very expressive. Very attractive notes of dark and red fruits: cassis, ripe plums, dark brambles, dark cherries, leaf tobacco, cedar box, cocoa, Flintstones vitamins, a touch of eucalyptus and fine baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes on the nose. The finish is long with lovely texture and some crushed gravel minerals. Alcohol is medium+. This is a very easy wine to like. It’s beautifully balanced but it leans more towards the fruit rather than the structure. The fruit is just so lush that it’s very hard to me to place this in the Old World. I called Cabernet Sauvignon (and blends), from California, from Napa Valley from 2017. Close! Wow…my first Tor and what a generous contribution to Tasting Group! Obviously, I'm not complaining. This is drinking very well in its youth but considering the undeniable balance and quality of the fruit, I think this will continue to be awesome through 2039.

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• Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 23, 2023 - Premiere Napa Valley; 2/22/2023-3/25/2023 (Napa, California): Premiere begins in Oakville PNV
  
  This showed really well, dark black fruit, crushed gravel, crushed florals, pencil shavings, like licking a rock, spicy mid-palate, firm tannins great freshness as well, long lingering finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer TOR
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Tierra Roja
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Oakville

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• In Cellars 624 (88%)
• Consumed 87 (12%)

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