Community Tasting Notes 49

• TomPo Likes this wine: 88 points

  April 3, 2016 - Fruit core holding nicely, good balance & structure and even pedigree. Oak noticeable but not heavy. Nice complexities of spring herbs and tarry hint. Opened bottle held up fine over a couple days, just reaching it's peak. Classic Napa claret style, generous and appealing but not overripe and overdone like many of their post-2007 cabs. I really wish they stuck with their 2005-era style. This is definitely showing well above it's price.

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• Flpjr Likes this wine: 87 points

  November 14, 2012 - Still good. Mixed half straight from bottle with half poured through aerator. Berry fruit with light tannins. Drank with ham and then after eating.

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• yeastbeast wrote: 85 points

  December 29, 2011 - Decanted for nearly two hours then drank with stir-fried ginger citrus beef tri-tip, bok choi and Bhutanese red rice. Very light garnet color. Warm, foresty oak nose, light strawberry and black tea flavors, a pleasing gentle spice, soft oaky tannins. If I hadn't read the label, I would have taken this for a Pinot. Drinking really nicely right now.

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• Loophole69 wrote: 88 points

  October 6, 2011 - A very nice meritage with seductive vanilla overtones. As the vanilla diminished, cherries appeared to be working in the background. Overall a very nice blend.

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• TBA wrote: 86 points

  May 31, 2011 - Decanted 3 hrs. Medium garnet color. No sediment. Overall a mature looking claret, soft with light tannins. Cherry and berry flavors, finishing with sour cherry. Opened this for a steak, but a bit soft and light. We polished it off and opened a malbec which had more backbone.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Cameron Hughes
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Lot 48
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 858517000484

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• In Cellars 77 (24%)
• Consumed 250 (76%)

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