Community Tasting Notes 23

• cos65 Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 22, 2023 - Deep clear purple with a ton of sediment
  Quite sweet big stag’s fruit, utterly delicious if a bit too delicious for its own good. Finishes a bit simple.
  Purchased on release this is holding up quite well in no immediate danger

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• ONEFIVE Likes this wine:

  November 12, 2022 - This wine is on point at the moment.
  Tertiary notes are emerging but a solid core of dried red and black fruit remains.
  There is a classic stags leap cocoa powder element that surround the fruit.
  On the palate this is full body, med acid, and med+ tannin. It’s a grippy wine but there is plenty of fruit and life left here. Recommendation is to serve this with a juicy steak. Certainly not falling off at this point and built for another 5+ years of aging.

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• iamandyc Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 25, 2022 - This bottle (my last) definitely feels like it has moved past its prime and is starting to tire. Drank over two days. The wine is fairly balanced and silky but the structure is starting to edge out the fruit making the finish a bit edgy. Nice secondary flavors and pairs well with food. My recommendation is to drink up based on this bottle.

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• The Wine Sherpa Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 14, 2020 - Served as the first bottle of evening. Excellent balanced wine. Earthy on the nose. I decanted for a few hours which helped calm the wine down. Tannins have calmed down over time. Dark fruit, cassis, oak on the mid palate and long finish. Still a pretty bold cab though. Would pair well with steak.

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• iamandyc Likes this wine:

  August 22, 2017 - This is a wine that is tough to give an overall score because it comes down to style. Highs -- deep rich cassis and blackberry fruit, long finish, lots of structure to support fruit and nice layers of tobacco, bitter chocolate and hint of licorice. Lows -- nose is oaky and dusty tannins come down hard on the finish creating a bitterness when drinking on its own (a good steak would compliment this). It's a high quality wine from a tougher vintage that I'd rather have than some of the blah wines I've tasted lately. Not sure if aging will tame the tannins enough to make this amazing or it's destined to remain a jackhammer.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Cliff Lede
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Moon Sympathy
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Stags Leap District

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• In Cellars 271 (45%)
• Consumed 334 (55%)

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