Community Tasting Notes 55

• SB5784 Likes this wine: 94 points

  November 26, 2023 - A dark black red hue. Some signs of aging. An open bouquet on the nose. Perfumed cassis, black berries, and violet floral notes. Also some darker savory spices, licorice, leather and (maybe?) chocolate notes. Mature. On the palate, this has great energy with notes of dark berry fruit, spice, and integrated but still quite penetrating acidity and tannins. Great structure but mature and well balanced at this point. This is really excellent with a concentrated, sappy, and electric midpalate and a long, lingering fruit and spice filled finish. Good minerality, which I don’t usually associate with CA Cab. Reminds me of many top Pauillac wines in riper years. I would say near peak right now, but has the stuffing to last another decade+ if desired. This was much more impressive than the last bottle I tasted.

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• guitarguy wrote: 93 points

  October 30, 2022 - This was as solid a bottle of ‘06 NV Cab that I’ve had. Superior to the Beringer Reserve and the regular Rameys for sure. The Annum had a nose of smoke, berry and tar and this translates in the palate where a rich, sweet black berry compote is framed by leather and cracked pepper. Still lots of life and enough acidity and tannin to make it to a 21st birthday and while I’m reminding myself, son was born in ‘06 so I’m glad I have two more. Truthfully, enjoy from here on out.
  
  I often find that over about 12 years my corks can be variably crumbly and require an ah-so to remove. This was no exception and our waiter and his manager at the BYOB optional restaurant struggled mightily to remove the cork without having to push it back into the wine. For that they earned a taste of the wine and a good tip.

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• Tym4wine Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 23, 2022 - Wow. Wonderfully aromatic. Cut flowers and violets. Terrific freshness and purity. Dark fruit flavors of blackberry, blueberry, and cassis. Rounded, integrated tannins. Amazing wine.

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• wmccone54 wrote: 93 points

  August 28, 2021 - Decanted and enjoyed with a grilled ribeye and grilled vegetables. Seems hard to believe that’s been ten years since I last drank a bottle of this…David Ramey always makes a quality, cellar worthy wine. Lots of positive development while this has been “sitting”. Drinking well, but not yet at maturity: grainy tannins, blackberry liqueur, cassis, juicy black cherry, drying black plum, dark chocolate, and black stony earth. Structure is very evident leading me to believe this has still a ways to go. Can drink now, but this could improve over the next 3-5 years. Drink through 2026+.
  
  Oh, and to those who’ve had broken corks, I used a cork puller, but still had to “hand rotate” the final 1/2 inch to preclude the cork from breaking. Be careful with these corks….🙁🙁🙁

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• rojoloco wrote:

  December 31, 2020 - Waiting for it to open while lamenting another badly broken cork. Too many of these. Decanted and looking for a strainer to get rid of the cork.
  Will score later.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Ramey
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Annum
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 185983000152

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• Pending Delivery 12 (1%)
• In Cellars 451 (25%)
• Consumed 1,334 (74%)

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