Community Tasting Notes 18

• Mdb1982 Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 24, 2020 - May be past it’s prime. Fruit flavor has moved to the background. Very earthy, dusty flavor. Tannins have mellowed substantially, lots of sediment in the bottle.

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• knlowery Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 6, 2015 - Great structure. Slightly dusty fruit. Strawberries and raspberries. Soft tannins at 10 years old. Our last bottle; great vintage.

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• cblinstrub Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 23, 2015 - Fantastic. After buying it blindly at the tasting room in 2007, due to the Howell Mt. designation, wow, what a fantastic treat 8 years later! Great structure, strawberry/raspberry characteristics on the tip of the tongue. Still a 45 second finish. Wish I had the foresight to buy more...

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• TEDL wrote: 88 points

  July 27, 2012 - Strong tannins with some fruit. Strong flavors persisted even hours after opening. Good bottle, recommended.

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• winejnky wrote: 90 points

  March 18, 2012 - Somewhat restrained, this took a while to open up and was still a bit tight even after over two hours in the decanter. Nevertheless this is a pleasant and quite smooth CS, showing a lot of primary blue fruit flavors, mocha too.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Cliff Lede
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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• In Cellars 114 (39%)
• Consumed 181 (61%)

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