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Red
1982 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
- USA
- California
- Napa Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 12
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Becfin wrote:
March 29, 2024 - I have tried this wine twice in the past five years. One bottle was passé, the other was delightful Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.
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gzim Likes this wine: 90 points
August 2, 2022 - Popped and poured at a Cali Cab dinner. Mostly tea leaves on the nose for me, with a little spiced fruit, with a little time a bit more fruit showed up on the palate and still had nice balance.
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Papies wrote: flawed
March 2, 2019 - Dinner at the Papies (The Papies, Elizabeth St, London): Time took the better of this wine and was just gone. Such a shame..
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PaulnJen Likes this wine: 82 points
January 20, 2019 - I am amazed that this first year vintage can still drink 37 years later. Upon corking, a barnyard of odors hit you fast but soon dissipates to reveal the slightest bouquet of fruit and yes, some vinegar, which is not totally surprising considering that this cab was in its prime 10 years before. We did not find any brick like others have seen and the tannins were barely noticed. With the first sip you can taste a bit of vinegar but you also have unexpected fruit, mainly dark berries. After letting the wine breath a while the berries become more predominant along with hints of licorice and ripe bing cherries. The longer it breathed the better it became. Overall, few wineries could give birth to a vintage that would age as well as this first born cab.
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MC2 Wines wrote: flawed
August 17, 2018 - Weekend in Minneapolis; 8/17/2018-8/18/2018 (Various Locations): Keeping with the theme of the night this bottle too was corked (and really badly so - this was not a question in any way). Sad since I was pretty excited to try.
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By Stephen Tanzer
Vertical Tasting of Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon (Jun 2016), 6/1/2016 (link)(Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/20/2006 (link)(Spottswoode, Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1982
- Type Red
- Producer Spottswoode
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 107 (45%)
- Consumed 133 (55%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 7 votes
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- ProducerSpottswoode
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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