Way better than I expected. Really really smooth. Great layers and structure. Not overly sweet or extracted. Nice balance. Cherry, loganberry, cedar, vanilla, and tar.
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Decanted for about an hour and half at restaurant. Nice cab and floral notes but a bit restrained on the nose. Palate was well integrated, buttery mouth feel with nice hints of a classic Napa cab. Needs to fill out a bit but was a nice medium body medium finish cab.
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Saturated, very dark black-tinged red violet color; appealing, aromatic, tar, roasted black fruit, espresso nose; tight, tasty, savory, espresso, tar, roasted black fruit palate with good balancing acidity; needs 3-4 years; medium-plus finish (88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc; 14.5% alcohol; 9 months in French oak, 50% new) 92+ points
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Agree with other reviews. This is a very typical fat and manufactured CA cab with super fruit elements and little redeeming terrior or place characteristics. Palate is full of dense black berry, syrupy, some sweet earth and touches of forest. Nothing unpleasant but clearly built for early drinking. No structure or tannin present.
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My first time tasting this wine and it made a really nice impression with all its layers of fat, sweet, juicy, ripe, round fruits, smooth, plush textures and long finish. For a wine of this quality from Napa, it was even fairly priced at $75, which is getting harder and harder to find these days.
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10/27/2018 - enjoyvino wrote: 92 Points
Consistent with last notes
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5/18/2018 - DWineFish Likes this wine:
David & Lisa - Settebello’s take out
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7/14/2017 - floridawinedrkr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Way better than I expected. Really really smooth. Great layers and structure. Not overly sweet or extracted. Nice balance. Cherry, loganberry, cedar, vanilla, and tar.
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6/5/2017 - enjoyvino wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for about an hour and half at restaurant. Nice cab and floral notes but a bit restrained on the nose. Palate was well integrated, buttery mouth feel with nice hints of a classic Napa cab. Needs to fill out a bit but was a nice medium body medium finish cab.
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10/11/2016 - richshoes Likes this wine: 95 Points
nice, big, wine with some elegance. plush. dark fruit, graphite, blackberry.
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3/19/2016 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
Saturated, very dark black-tinged red violet color; appealing, aromatic, tar, roasted black fruit, espresso nose; tight, tasty, savory, espresso, tar, roasted black fruit palate with good balancing acidity; needs 3-4 years; medium-plus finish (88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc; 14.5% alcohol; 9 months in French oak, 50% new) 92+ points
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2/6/2016 - T.E.D. wrote: 87 Points
Agree with other reviews. This is a very typical fat and manufactured CA cab with super fruit elements and little redeeming terrior or place characteristics. Palate is full of dense black berry, syrupy, some sweet earth and touches of forest. Nothing unpleasant but clearly built for early drinking. No structure or tannin present.
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11/5/2015 - Mtnmd1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Full fruit cabernet, a little on the fat side but good on PnP. To be fair, it was closer to room temperature which subtracted from the overall profile
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9/27/2015 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
My first time tasting this wine and it made a really nice impression with all its layers of fat, sweet, juicy, ripe, round fruits, smooth, plush textures and long finish. For a wine of this quality from Napa, it was even fairly priced at $75, which is getting harder and harder to find these days.
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