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1990 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Howell Mountain
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Community Tasting Notes 92
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poppagene Likes this wine: 94 points
March 5, 2024 - After 34 since harvest, this wine is ready to enjoy.
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WoodieBayArea wrote: flawed
January 9, 2024 - sorta had a debate with whether flawed or simply 100%, unapologeticly over the hill, the nose was pretty much nothing and the palate was like drinking water with some acidity and alcohol... I would describe it as "no -- meaning zero -- body"... oh well, still love old Dunn Howell from the 90's but this bottle went down the drain after two days of trying
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mxpbuy Likes this wine: 89 points
July 1, 2023 - From Magnum with 2 hour advance decant. Although drinkable and clearly a Dunn Howell, there was something off about this bottle that no once could quite put their finger upon. Not too much brett. Definitely not TCA as the wine remain unchanged from first opening to final taste 7 hours later.
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mark2eye Likes this wine: 93 points
May 27, 2023 - Drank from a magnum. Still plenty of life left. Took about an hour before it really started to show. Less fruit this time around with notes of soy sauce, brine, and olive. In a great drinking window with easily another 5-10 more years.
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mowtod Likes this wine: 81 points
March 23, 2023 - Still deep color. Min nose , but good food wine ,absent tannins, pleasant finish. Drink up
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By Stephen Tanzer
Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain: 1979–2014 (Aug 2018), 8/1/2018 (link)(Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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Epic Dunn: Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 1979-1999 (Feb 2014) (link)(Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Howell Mountain) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
10/9/2008 (link) 90 points(Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain) Group's #6 (my #6) – 52 pts; 0, 1, 3, 2 – Slightly cloudy dark red violet color; herbal, minty cassis nose; starting to mature, tart plum, earth mineral palate with a touch of shitake mushroom, very tannic, and fruit not likely to outlive the tannins; medium finish 90+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1990
- Type Red
- Producer Dunn Vineyards
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Howell Mountain
- UPC Codes 400007092044, 725011257273
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
- In Cellars 1,147 (66%)
- Consumed 586 (34%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
96% Like It 25 votes
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- ProducerDunn Vineyards
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationHowell Mountain
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