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• Takeshi Likes this wine: 98 points

  March 23, 2024 - Opulence with a 6 hours Decant.
  
  Harmoniously dense Opulent nose of all the fruits and minerals you can think of. Balanced of red fruit and black fruit swinging back and forth between minerals inside the mouth. Closed off at first then opens wonderfully. I don't recommend touching a bottle until 2029 or 3030 as it was rather closed off in the beginning.
  
  Second day of this bottle Bordeaux and dark chocolate dominance.

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• WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 97 points

  February 16, 2024 - Fairest Creatures and Where to Find Them (K&L Wine Merchant - Redwood City): Nose: Quiet, dark blue fruits, brisk passing by of earth, and light twigs.
  
  Palate: Surprisingly fresh dark red and black fruits, a hint of bright blueberries, savory minerals, and deep gentle earth. Love the freshness here. There is a bit of heat on the midpalate but that might be due to youth. Went quite well with an aged rib eye, as it took away any kinda harshness in the wine.
  
  At this age, protein will help. This bottling tonight reminded me of a sprinter that tripped after the starting pistol in a track and field competition. It took some time to get back up and shake it off, but it still performed well. Don’t open yet, give it ~2-4 years before trying one. I felt like this wasn't showing its true colors just yet. 96-97+

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• bsumoba Likes this wine: 98 points

  February 16, 2024 - Mirror Mirror on Wall, who's the Fairest of them All? (KLWines and Flemings): Thank you Marvin (@wineburrowingwombat). Had at Flemings after the Fairest Creature Tasting. Was super shocked that WBW would bring something like this for dinner. Lovely wine! HUGE! Will also need time to mellow out. Very big, powerful, masculine, dark, brooding. Had with a prime Rib Eye with just salt and pepper. No frills dinner and awesome with the Tusk. Probably the best restaurant steak I had in some time. Cooked perfectly med rare and perfectly seasoned. Shared a pour with Fleming's Ops Director, who also in his past, managed the Levi Stadium, York Family wine program. He was gracious enough to give comp us a pork belly appetizer which just paired beautifully with the Tusk as well.

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• tomoem Likes this wine: 97 points

  July 9, 2023 - This was the real deal. Winemaker aside I had this beautifully packaged wine 750ml (of which I also have a magnum) and it was as good a wine as I have had. Not the best but right there. Blueberry, iron and tobacco leaf.

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• #1Winelover Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 7, 2023 - This was a very good bottle of wine. I could tell that Melka is the winemaker as it's his style. It was opened 1 hour prior to dinner, it did not need a decant. Nicely built, very smooth and full of flavor.
  
  I agree with Agelvis's review from their 2016. There is nothing special going on with to warrant the high price of admission. We had 2 other bottles that were much cheaper (not hard to do) and better.
  
  95-96 points. Rating it 95 because of the high price point.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Tusk Estates
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
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• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 765 (87%)
• Consumed 91 (10%)

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