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Red
1987 Forman Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 59
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chetlee wrote: 94 points
April 3, 2024 - Opened a bottle last night and drank great. Beautiful aged Bordeaux noses with a good amount of fruit. Drank well over two hours and was only improving with time.
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Nanda wrote: 94 points
February 3, 2024 - Another killer bottle. 12.5 ABV. Gorgeous, complex aromas of mature but still vibrant plum fruit laced with cigar smoke, tobacco leaf, bell pepper and wet cedar. Rich, seamless palate goes on and on. Still in peak drinking window.
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acyso wrote: 93 points
April 1, 2023 - Heater week; 3/26/2023-4/3/2023 (Chicago, IL): Absolutely awesome old school Napa cabernet, with very much a ripe-vintage old world sensibility to it. The fruit is more Napa though, with its generosity and breadth. Mostly black fruit and pencil shavings with balanced sweetness on the palate. Leathery tannins, a fair bit of acidity. Very much balanced, with just the right amount of pyrazines. Outstanding drinking now, but good bottles of this (like tonight's) should just be reaching maturity now.
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Stumptown Steve Likes this wine: 92 points
February 18, 2023 - this bottle aged gracefully, soft, smooth, elegant and balanced but still vibrant. Have one more so looking forward to retrying in a couple of years.
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adnorthup wrote:
August 5, 2022 - decanted off sediment and acid is a bit high. 30 minutes in, it’s beautiful, vibrant California fruit, tertiary just coming in. Perfect acid and tannin, very nice.
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2018, Issue #76, Ric Forman- A True Californian Pioneer And One of the State’s Greatest Winemakers(Forman Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Forman: Four Decades of Cabernet Sauvignon 1985-2012 (Jul 2015), 7/1/2015 (link)(Forman Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Bonus Articles, California Cabernet Sauvignon: A Tale of Two Epochs (June 2003)(Forman Cabernet Sauvignon) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
September/October 2002, IWC Issue #104 (link)(Forman Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
3/3/2013 (link) 92 points(Forman Cabernet Sauvignon) Very dark red violet color; lifted, mature, tart black currant, smoke nose; tart black currant, tobacco, menthol, green olive, pencil lead palate with structure and medium acidity; medium-plus finish (12.5% alcohol) 92+ points
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1987
- Type Red
- Producer Forman
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Codes 006300000542, 400006096548, 863828000207
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
- In Cellars 243 (55%)
- Consumed 192 (44%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerForman
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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