Community Tasting Notes 23

• wren460 Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 11, 2024 - Second time with this wine, first time was blind and I scored it 96 today it was tasted not blind and decanted 1 hour instead of 4 or so last time. It did not rocked at all. Towards the medium to light body and somewhat flat. I did enjoyed it hence the 92 points but frankly I was a little dissapointed. It is not the hedonistic beast some of us wish for, it is delicious but restrained. Felt like the 6 cylinder Mustang instead of the V8. I have many more at the cellar and while I do not think they are meant for many years of cellaring, I hope that in 3 or so years they would be better. This bottle will never achieve medals, but it is a very well made wine. Maybe I was expecting more from VHR, like a baby VHR and it is not.

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• AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 27, 2024 - 90-minute decant. Ultra deep, bright magenta color. Black cherry, blueberry, powdered sugar, buttercup, and subtle basil. Dry, plush, medium bodied palate. Firm, full tannins on the medium long+ finish.
  
  This is my first experience with Vine Hill Ranch’s “second label”. It’s better than I expected, but certainly not in the same league with its big brother. The decant helped quite a bit.

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• #1Winelover wrote: 91 points

  February 25, 2024 - 91 is being generous. This has the coloring (dark purple). That's about it. From PnP is was kind of flat, light to medium-bodied. It does have a finish but not a finish for my profile. There is nothing wrong with this; just not anything good to better than good. Disappointing and i will open up something else and hope that this improves but I highly doubt it.

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• CV Griz Fan Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 15, 2023 - Excellent sweetness in this Cabernet. Lots of black fruit upfront. I pick up elements of cola, tobacco and scorched earth too. It’s really got some density to it.

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• wren460 Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 29, 2023 - Loved the wine and between WOTN and runner up this evening in company of a few Napa and Bdx gems. Decanted 2 hours but this thing needs much more or a couple of years in the cellar. This is not power, this is silk and finesse. Perfect for a ribeye. Not at all hedonistic, not your typical Napa and before opening the bags revealing the wine I thought it was a Leoville Poyferre. Beautiful wine, enjoyed it a lot

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Phillips Family Farming
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Baker & Hamilton
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Oakville

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• Pending Delivery 16 (2%)
• In Cellars 656 (78%)
• Consumed 165 (20%)

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