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1978 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Diamond Mountain
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Community Tasting Notes 22
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racerchris Likes this wine: 93 points
March 5, 2022 - High fill. Perfect cork. Decanted. Full color. Medium plus acidity. Substantial but well evolved tannins. Complex flavor with a slightly bitter finish.
Excellent to outstanding mature Cabernet, that for my taste was already past peak.
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dream Likes this wine: 93 points
October 21, 2021 - This was just a bit behind both the Gravelly Meadow and Volcanic Hill, at least on this occasion. Very sleek and refined with a silky, aged texture but a bit more muted with less fruit than the others. Still a very fine aged Cabernet and it came on in the glass but never reached the heights of the other two. I gave a 97 to the bottle I drank 3 years ago.
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adnorthup wrote:
October 21, 2021 - 1978 Diamond Creek and Monte Bello (MP Taverna, Irvington, NY): takes awhile to open up, but then shows beautiful fruit and more of the classic cab tertiary flavors. Loads of cassis, leather, brilliant long lingering finish. Does have a small iodine note, but it plays very well. Pales compared to VH and GM, but a fine wine.
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esh44 wrote:
July 24, 2019 - Gorgeous wine. '78 Diamond Creek's are special and this was in the zone. Still has lots of structure/fruit to hold longer.
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Vinnut Likes this wine: 94 points
March 11, 2018 - Deep, dark garnet in color with ever-so-slight bricking & clearing at the edges. Full, fragrant & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with overtones of floral, eucalyptus & earthy/dusty notes, tobacco, leather, spices, mint, minerals, some mocha, smoky & a hint of cedar in the background. Full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of dark cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, minerals, cocoa. mushrooms & earthy. Long lingering & supple finish. Drinks quite well at present but is most likely at its peak of development at 40 years of age. While I do not detect it descending in its development, I doubt any further development would occur. Cork was clean & intact; fill was in the mid portion of the neck. A wonderful example of great, aged California Cabernet.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2021, Issue #95, Recently-Tasted American Wines Autumn 2021(Cabernet Sauvignon “Red Rock Terrace”- Diamond Creek Vineyards (Napa)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jan/Feb 2017, Issue #67, The Magnificent 1978 Vintage of California Cabernet Sauvignon(Diamond Creek Vineyards “Red Rock Terrace” Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
5/1/2016 (link)(Diamond Creek, Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2011, Issue #33, Recently Tasted California Wines The Search for Traditionalists Turns Up A Crowd(Diamond Creek “Red Rock Terrace” Cabernet Sauvignon) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
9th Annual Wine Dinner and Auction to Benefit The Mount Sinai Hospital (Feb 2012) (link)(Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
9/9/2012 (link) 96 points(Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace) Very dark red violet color with very slight bricking; youthful, ripe cassis, mint, gravel, light green herb nose; tasty, complex, poised, silky textured, medium bodied, tart black currant, mineral palate with firm, sweet tannins; long finish 96+ points (12.5% alcohol)
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By Richard Jennings
5/29/2008 (link) 93 points(Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace) Group's #6 (my #5) – 54 pts; 0, 3, 3, 0 – Medium red violet with clear meniscus; focused ripe cherry and tart berry nose; tart plum and cassis entry with a tangy mid-palate that opens, softens and deepens; medium-plus finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1978
- Type Red
- Producer Diamond Creek
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Red Rock Terrace
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Diamond Mountain
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 8 (4%)
- In Cellars 136 (62%)
- Consumed 74 (34%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerDiamond Creek
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationDiamond Mountain
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