Drank New Year's Eve at home with beef tenderloin. Exceeded my expectations for a wonderful pairing. Dark garnet colored, medium to full bodied, rich concentrated full round but approachable balanced and integrated dark berry and plum fruit accented by floral, smokey vanilla, clove spice and notes of camphor with a long tangy acidic silky tannin laced lingering finish.
The 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Cloud View Vineyards wines were enjoyed side by side at Bourbon Steak with Rib Cap, grilled Vidalia onions and crispy brussel sprouts. The wines were left upright for a day, then opened with an ah-so at home an hour before dinner to keep the corks together, then quickly reinserted to minimize oxygenation. The clear winner was the 2002 - in full flight. Still exhibiting youthful fruit and towering structure, this beauty had weight, leather, dark hanging fruit and stunning aroma. Lingering, lasting finish. It still has much life ahead of it. The 2001 was a bit of a surprise. It was massive and brutish, but reserved. As if it were a towering building draped in a cape. The 2000 was a shocker. From a horrible vintage, it excelled. Not near the greatness of the other vintages there was no expectation it would be good, and it was - just to a lesser note. The 2003, 04 and 05 were fairly interchangeable; mature fruit, acid and tannins in balance. All delicious in their own right. The 1999 was the oldest and looked the part. It was brick around the rim and had that dried blackberry note, plowed earth and cocoa powder texture. It was the only one, aside from the 2000, that I would say was on the decline. Incredible wines on an incredible night.
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I opened this bottle the day I received it in the mail. Double decanted and drank over 2-3 hours. Dark purple and barely showing it's age - it is just past the peak of it's prime. Leather, stone, dried boysenberry and hint of olive. All balanced with muted secondary notes and a medium+ mouthfeel. The finish is pleasant.
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w Pork chop, Ottho's going away dinner. This was absolutely fabulous. Still great fruit and lots of body and long finish. This has easy still 5 yrs to go although very tempting to just ejoy now. You never know. Fantastic bottle!
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still fantastic in color and taste.needed to be decanted for 45 minutes and boom .it really opened up with the pastosa ravs we were eating.on a quest for more but proably not around. The wine looks Inky colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Alcohol/Hot, Black Pepper, and Oak. great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12/31/2023 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank New Year's Eve at home with beef tenderloin. Exceeded my expectations for a wonderful pairing.
Dark garnet colored, medium to full bodied, rich concentrated full round but approachable balanced and integrated dark berry and plum fruit accented by floral, smokey vanilla, clove spice and notes of camphor with a long tangy acidic silky tannin laced lingering finish.
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11/2/2021 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
The 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Cloud View Vineyards wines were enjoyed side by side at Bourbon Steak with Rib Cap, grilled Vidalia onions and crispy brussel sprouts. The wines were left upright for a day, then opened with an ah-so at home an hour before dinner to keep the corks together, then quickly reinserted to minimize oxygenation. The clear winner was the 2002 - in full flight. Still exhibiting youthful fruit and towering structure, this beauty had weight, leather, dark hanging fruit and stunning aroma. Lingering, lasting finish. It still has much life ahead of it. The 2001 was a bit of a surprise. It was massive and brutish, but reserved. As if it were a towering building draped in a cape. The 2000 was a shocker. From a horrible vintage, it excelled. Not near the greatness of the other vintages there was no expectation it would be good, and it was - just to a lesser note. The 2003, 04 and 05 were fairly interchangeable; mature fruit, acid and tannins in balance. All delicious in their own right. The 1999 was the oldest and looked the part. It was brick around the rim and had that dried blackberry note, plowed earth and cocoa powder texture. It was the only one, aside from the 2000, that I would say was on the decline. Incredible wines on an incredible night.
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4/27/2021 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
Consistent. This bottle had a bit more body than the previous bottles.
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1/9/2021 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
Consistent with 2020 note.
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11/17/2020 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
Consistent with previous note
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10/23/2020 - Thirsty1 Likes this wine:
I opened this bottle the day I received it in the mail. Double decanted and drank over 2-3 hours. Dark purple and barely showing it's age - it is just past the peak of it's prime. Leather, stone, dried boysenberry and hint of olive. All balanced with muted secondary notes and a medium+ mouthfeel. The finish is pleasant.
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10/21/2020 - bubbachumps wrote: 94 Points
Random bottle night (Casa Fronstin): Cannot tell this is a 21-year-old wine. Fantastic!
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9/30/2012 - MichielV wrote: 93 Points
w Pork chop, Ottho's going away dinner. This was absolutely fabulous. Still great fruit and lots of body and long finish. This has easy still 5 yrs to go although very tempting to just ejoy now. You never know. Fantastic bottle!
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5/21/2011 - AEROSMITH Likes this wine: 95 Points
still fantastic in color and taste.needed to be decanted for 45 minutes and boom .it really opened up with the pastosa ravs we were eating.on a quest for more but proably not around.
The wine looks Inky colored.
The legs are Slow.
It smells like Alcohol/Hot, Black Pepper, and Oak.
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6/8/2002 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 93 Points
Vineyardgate tasting of cabs. Darkest wine so far. Great nose, too. Stupendous palate, too. 5-12-18-8-93/i00
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