Community Tasting Notes 27

• 5laton wrote:

  April 14, 2022 - 14.1%. Perfectly clean cork, and the wine shows just a moderate level of evolution in color. This evolved positively over several hours and is still approaching the early peak, with softly ripe red fruit and lovely sous-bois, but still a bit of astringence on the back of the palate.
  'Was even better a few days later from Boston round bottle. I hadn't noticed previously, but this is starting to develop that wonderful texture old cabernet can get.
  Well-stored bottles of the 1997 seem to have plenty of road ahead.

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• Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  June 7, 2020 - Have had this three times in three years, twice it was outstanding, once it was good+. Still retains a brightness to the fruit, which, for its age, comes across quite youthfully. Full-bodied, with a good flow across the palate - at times still flexing some muscle thanks to considerable structure. Remained vibrant for the four hours it was open. Should hold here for several more years, no problem. highly recommended

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• Marc wrote: 92 points

  March 23, 2020 - Wedding and Birthday Celebrations (Pokai Parera, Ekatahuna, New Zealand): Ageing beautifully (far more youthful - and balanced, than the Harlan Maiden of the same vintage). Refined, varietally correct, slightly herbaceous, never tiring. This is totally new world in style, but its proportions are not totally dissimilar to Bordeaux.

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• caldocane Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 18, 2018 - This is a tremendous wine. Gorgeous crimson with virtually no bricking in the glass. It's in a great spot, with solid Cabernet characteristics, still juicy and maintaining a zippy acidity, but with the tertiary forest floor and mushroom notes as well. This was a tremendous wine, glad I have another bottle.

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• Seanwsmithm3 Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 6, 2017 - Full fill. Great cork. Dark inky black still. Acid, Cedar, Cigar, and some distant mushroomy funk on the nose. Acid, some blackberry fruit still, some forest floor funk but dominated more by the acid and the smooth softened tannins. Its not a big concentrated wine. Its got characteristics of great Santa Cruz Mtn Cab. Not overripe or extract. This seems an especially mellow year. Lets say its well integrated and quite smooth. I'm not an expert on aged wines so I wont speculate on whether its past its prime. But its still drinking beautiful.

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• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Kathryn Kennedy
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Santa Cruz Mountains
• Appellation Santa Cruz Mountains

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• In Cellars 196 (52%)
• Consumed 178 (48%)

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