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• awitz78 Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 7, 2023 - Very enjoyable smooth and a bit sweet

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• jimyeni Likes this wine: 95 points

  September 25, 2022 - Took about 3 hours in the decanter to open up. Some stewed fruit initially and closed but beautiful and elegant once open

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• sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 4, 2022 - One off ($110) recent auction purchase. On the redolent nose and palate, rich black cherries and currants, cassis, wet earth, leather, some dark florals, oak, vanilla and dark coffee grounds, which gives the wine a bit of ballast. Deep, almost opaquely purple, full bodied, medium to thick legs. Medium- silky and integrated tannins, no discernible acidity, a slight touch of booziness. Good complexity, persistence and intensity. I’ve had mixed feelings about Staglin in the past, and this wine, while highly enjoyable, didn’t really dispel them. Ready out of the bottle with whatever structure there was almost invisible, this wine finds its best feature with its deliciousness, propelled by vibrant, sweet fruit, which, along with the oak and vanilla, and minimal counterpoints, could have tipped it over the line into Caymus/Mike Smith-Kirk Venge entry level wine territory, but it keeps enough balance to stay on the right side of my line. The lack of tannins and acidity makes it almost a pure cocktail wine at this point, albeit an enjoyable one, at best a nonfactor with mixed grill one night and scampi another, at worst a distraction. This bears some resemblance to the fully resolved and luscious ‘04 PM LP and V 29 Aida, but both of those wines had a depth, backstopped by strong secondary and tertiary notes, mostly lacking here. Also an interesting compare and contrast with the earlier in the week ‘13 Chappellet, a much cheaper, younger wine. That complex, difficult wine was a bit of a tough go at the moment, far less fun to drink than this (although I’m not sure that will be the case in a few years), but it was already a lot more interesting, to me at least, and food friendly. I can enjoy a wine like this, but it’s really not what I’m looking for on a regular basis. The fruit is still fulsome, but with the structure essentially gone, my recommendation would be to drink now with minimal air. 92-93, and going lower at the price.
  
  A final thought. Most of us on the site deal with wine budgets at some level, even if there’s a lot of variance among us. At what I paid, this was about 40% less than the one other listing currently on the secondary market, and at my price, it’s a defensible, if entirely uninspiring, qpr (I note that, as an aside, under complicated circumstances, I picked up 2 bottles from the current vintage for just a bit more, and the retail on them is $270@!). We all have preferences, but the aforementioned PM LPs, a couple of lots of different good vintages of QC and a couple of lots of good vintage Flaccinellos were about the same price, and for me, all of the above absolutely smoke this. I’m hoping I find the ‘18s a bit more compelling.

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• cfulbright Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 16, 2022 - Ready to drink now and over the next 2-3 years. Open, classic Rutherford nose, with good fruit and bouquet. Tannins not noticeable. Good finish.

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• napasoutherner wrote: flawed

  March 13, 2022 - Corked

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Staglin Family
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Estate
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Rutherford
• UPC Code 829190106084

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