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Red
2005 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Oakville
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Community Tasting Notes 69
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ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 93 points
June 12, 2022 - Highly recommend - at or perhaps slightly past peak, completely mature and drinking beautifully, time to drink up any remaining holdings. Not formally decanted but aired in bottle for 3 hours+ prior to consumption with risotto done using a modified version of a true, tested and time hallowed CT "wine guys" risotto recipe (thanks Tom Carlson, Tim Heaton, Scott Hollowell). Medium purple, peripheral bricking present, soft mouth feel, oak and tannins almost completely resolved, complex and balanced with a soft long lingering aftertaste. Soft aromatic nose of warm plum, dark cherry, smoke and bacon fat. Flavor profile of fading oak and tannins up front with dark stone fruit, blackberry and classic cassis giving way to a fatter more secondary peofile of leather, bacon fat, grilled meat and a beautiful smokey finish.
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Kbentley007 Likes this wine: 92 points
March 27, 2020 - Great secondary aromas and flavors, tannins finely resolved
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mchamuka Likes this wine: 87 points
October 26, 2018 - This is just getting a bit past peak, was medium bodied, fruit was apparent but muted. Color was dulling down a bit. Decanted which helped but would have been better about 6 months ago. If you have it drink it now.
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BGK810 wrote: 91 points
January 27, 2018 - Cassis and black fruit flavors. Rich, smooth, with a medium length finish. Very good and still has aging potential.
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trippingturtles Likes this wine: 92 points
October 12, 2017 - The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like passion fruit, strawberry jam and lychee. Intoxicating bouquet. The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. Could age a little longer.
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By Michael Godel
8/4/2016 (link)(Groth Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Vintage Retrospective: 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (May 2016), 5/1/2016 (link)(Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Napa) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Linda Murphy
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Groth
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Oakville
- UPC Code 089541300893
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,005 (52%)
- Consumed 930 (48%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
97% Like It 32 votes
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- ProducerGroth
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationOakville
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