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2001 Merryvale Cabernet Sauvignon Clone 6 Beckstoffer
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
- Rutherford
Label borrowed from 2002
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Community Tasting Notes 11
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Hamersly Likes this wine: 94 points
November 9, 2020 - This is just what you would hope a relatively obscure Cab from a great year and a great vineyard would taste like. Delicious, elegant and complex; fruit is still strong with fine tannins and a long finish. Followed over three hours and kept getting better, I'll decant my next bottle. No rush.
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AllRed wrote: 93 points
April 27, 2019 - 4th Saturday Brown Bagger (T&L's): Double blind. Really nice fruit- mostly dark- with cassis and black currant, though there are red elements as well. Has a subtle herbal undertone. Dark fruit on the palate with a long finish. Very nice.
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Barry Notes Likes this wine: 93 points
August 19, 2015 - P/w 1 hr decant. Clear, deep/dark purple color. Intense Cab nose. Big, bold, clearly shows great fruit source, Beckstoffer/Rutherford. A testament to fine CA Cab, nothing like Claret. Seriously good stuff with perfect balance/integration, long tannins/finish and truly gorgeous drinking. Long legs, big body, wonderful stuff. Nothing off.
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CamWheeler wrote: flawed
March 12, 2014 - Dinner at Cafe Lyon: Corked.
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smarquardt wrote: 88 points
December 18, 2011 - Pull from the cellar, opened, aerated and decanted for 2 hours. First taste reminded me of dried fruit. This wine is about at the end of it's prime life. The wine certainly had very mellow and integrated tannins at this point. The wine ended up tasting more fresh and of baked black fruits and was a decent bottle of wine.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2001
- Type Red
- Producer Merryvale
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Clone 6
- Vineyard Beckstoffer
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Rutherford
- UPC Code 040426132558
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 189 (51%)
- Consumed 180 (49%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Cheese: Aged Gouda, Cheese: Aged Jack, Cheese: Camembert, Cheese: Cantal, Cheese: Carmody, Meat: Beef, Meat: Duck, Meat: Lamb, Meat: Venison, Spice: JuniperWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerMerryvale
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationRutherford
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