Fully mature. Beautiful nose of leather, plums, raisins and hay. Sour cherry fruit profile with some plum and prune too. Red fruits not black. Fully integrated wine, some bricking. Nice long drying finish, still some tannic grip. Maybe a touch thin on the mid palate but take a big gulp and let some air run over it in your mouth and man is it nice. Drink up not going to improve from here.
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Agreed with winegr on needing air. Decanted and enjoyed! Dark fruit, hints of blueberry, with that napa earth in the nose. A lot of fruit in the front and gives to a stiff oaky finish. Drink now, I don't see this one improving from here.
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Very nice cab, but better after air. Fruit forward and ripe at first, but fairly dry. Like a Ramey cab from a bad year? Becomes better with air when the structure shows more and a bit more acidity, balance, and coffee hint appear. 88 upon open, maybe 89-90 at peak. At full asking, this would be a poor value. Many $20 supertuscans are better than this. Solid still.
Night 2/3: even better. More balanced and complex. Upgrde to 90-91.
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12/7/2021 - Joelene Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fully mature. Beautiful nose of leather, plums, raisins and hay. Sour cherry fruit profile with some plum and prune too. Red fruits not black. Fully integrated wine, some bricking. Nice long drying finish, still some tannic grip. Maybe a touch thin on the mid palate but take a big gulp and let some air run over it in your mouth and man is it nice. Drink up not going to improve from here.
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5/28/2016 - bzukaitis wrote: 88 Points
Better day 2. Don't wait on these.
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4/1/2015 - BobbaWA Likes this wine: 92 Points
Can't remember when we drank this.
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6/24/2013 - cmortz28 wrote:
- Brick color - Excellent.
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2/9/2013 - hr3 wrote: 92 Points
These bottles need time to hit their sweet spot. The 92 point score is day 4 or 5 after vacuum sealing and refrigerating.
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1/26/2013 - Jab_343434 wrote: 91 Points
Great wine - very plush. We drank this one with the St.Helen from Raymond. This wine was definitely better of the two.
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12/17/2012 - dfarley wrote: 84 Points
Couldn't get past the oak. Not my style - greatly preferred their St. Helena bottling much more.
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6/29/2012 - maderay wrote: 92 Points
VG+.
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5/7/2012 - mmoss wrote: 90 Points
Agreed with winegr on needing air. Decanted and enjoyed! Dark fruit, hints of blueberry, with that napa earth in the nose. A lot of fruit in the front and gives to a stiff oaky finish. Drink now, I don't see this one improving from here.
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4/8/2012 - winegr wrote: 90 Points
Very nice cab, but better after air. Fruit forward and ripe at first, but fairly dry. Like a Ramey cab from a bad year? Becomes better with air when the structure shows more and a bit more acidity, balance, and coffee hint appear. 88 upon open, maybe 89-90 at peak. At full asking, this would be a poor value. Many $20 supertuscans are better than this. Solid still.
Night 2/3: even better. More balanced and complex. Upgrde to 90-91.
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11/8/2011 - mmoss wrote: 88 Points
Fruit forward style with tannins starting to soften. Did not catch much on the nose due to a head cold. Ready to drink.
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11/6/2011 - bzukaitis wrote: 89 Points
2005 Red Tasting; 11/5/2011-11/8/2011 (My house-early 37th B-day celebration): Very good.
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9/18/2011 - merlot78 wrote: 88 Points
An easy drinking cab. Not very complex. I really expected more.
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