Community Tasting Notes 5

• Bud Break Likes this wine: 90 points

  April 14, 2024 - Ruby red color, raspberry on the nose, 14,5% abv, closed at first opened up after about an hour, tart cherry pie midpalate, medium finish can age a few years lovely wine

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• Gruffalius Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 4, 2024 - PnP. Quite good. (91-92)

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• Goofienewfy wrote: 86 points

  January 2, 2023 - Least favorite of the Engel vertical (‘16-19). Some dark fruit here but not as concentrated as the other vintages.

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• davidandrose Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 16, 2022 - So much for waiting 18 months as noted a few months ago....I REALLY wish I bought more of these when they were closing out. This is one of the best $37 bottles of wine I've had, and I empathize the Engle family, that in all my years visiting Napa I wasn't previously exposed to their wine.
  
  90 mins slow ox shows dark coloring in the glass and a hint of smoked meat on the nose. While this might normally disturb me given the vintage, it improved tonights pairing with coffee rubbed fillets.
  
  As the wine neared three hours of bottle air it softened considerably, accompanied by a dry, front palate tannic bite. I wouldn't decant this unless six friends were getting into this as a pop and pour. Good through 2025+

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• davidandrose Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 10, 2022 - Right out of the bottle this was incredibly tight and tannic. After nearly 4 hours in the decanter this shows its potential and is much easier to enjoy, but still comes off primal and in need of more time. 89 today, I can easily see this hitting 92 if I can let my remaining bottle rest long enough, and am posting my rating based on potential.
  
  Sharp contrast to the 2016 I popped two or three weeks back, I'll let this sit for at least 18 months before popping my final bottle. While the 2018 might be approachable given the vintage, I'll let my 2019 bottles rest till 2025 or longer.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Engel Family Vineyards
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Rock Mountain Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 815811000206

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• In Cellars 111 (60%)
• Consumed 75 (40%)

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