Community Tasting Notes 21

• billyloveswine Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 20, 2024 - Poured into a decanter and consumed over 2 hours. Glass-staining deep ruby. Pronounced nose of blackcurrant, blackcurrant leaf, blueberry, orange peel, licorice, toast, tobacco, and crushed stone. Medium acidity, medium+ fine-grained tannins, and medium+ cedar-y finish. Not overripe and arguably even quite restrained with a sense of freshness, this is approachable now and the already dazzling complexity will probably develop even further with more age.

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• cubswinws Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 16, 2024 - All ready quite approachable though obviously young, but these wines always seem to drink well right out of the gate.

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• hezi levy wrote:

  January 15, 2024 - 2021 River, Marie Herb, Lamb excellent wine too young to drink right now I open it January 16. The potential is enormous love the wine I think 2026 will be ready to drink.

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• timothynbond Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 6, 2024 - Decanted three hours before serving. Deep ruby color. Very effervescent on the nose with dark fruit (almost like a fruit syrup) and chocolate notes prominent. Full body, medium-to-medium-plus tannins, medium acid. Lots of ripe fruit on the palate; cassis, blackberry, a hint of blueberry, with some interesting sandalwood and cedar notes on the finish. This was very tasty, but at times the fruit seemed to overpower everything else. I think this will be better with a couple more years to calm down.

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• JWS84 Likes this wine:

  December 29, 2023 - This was truly an exceptional wine. It brought California fruit but a sense of lift, freshness, and elegance that I don’t typically associate with Napa Cabs. It came off straddling the new and old world divide, but I’ll add that it felt relatively ready to drink now- this doesn’t seem to be a wine that will require a very long rest in the cellar.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Rivers-Marie
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Herb Lamb Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 8 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,647 (91%)
• Consumed 160 (9%)

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