Stellar California Cabernet. Tobacco, leather very pronounced. Compost…shiitake mushroom, vegetation: Terragon thyme and eucalyptus , cedar.. blood oranges, currants, green peppercorn-very drying, very Terpine..medium plus on tannins Tasting comments made by sommelier neighbor who brought it over for Christmas dinner, decanted it while our prime rib was cooking. Very very enjoyable wine!
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This is definitely not a pop n pour wine, it took at least an hour to start showing itself. Trying to describe the taste i came away with a slightly sweet stewed cinnamon apple component, overall more earthy tones than fruit. Different than the fruit driven Washington Cabs i enjoy so much. After letting breath for quite a while it became quite good.
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I decided to try this wine in view of the fruit Coombsville source. I open a bottle and I just had to taste it early in the day. Great color of garnet intertwined with purple. On the nose, earthy components and soil notes. On the palate, pretty acidic which I find very is very characteristic of many 2012 Cabs, so clearly this is not a pop and pour Cab and is probably better enjoyed with food. Dark purple fruit, sour cherry, dark tart blackberries, blueberries and elements of earthy funk. I detect some substantive elements here, but this wine is very coiled, tight, not revealing too much even after several hours of a slow ox. I expect this wine should age and will improve, but It's not there at this time. 90 Points now and I will try some with dinner - more to come, IF it is worth the effort.
With a meal, this wine is significantly better. It is amazing how the flavors in this wine come to life with food. The suppressed aspects of this wine previously described have emerged and come to life making this wine enjoyable. I will give it another 2+ points. Lesson learned on this wine, I am impressed.
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12/25/2020 - KeyWestSunsets Likes this wine: 95 Points
Stellar California Cabernet.
Tobacco, leather very pronounced. Compost…shiitake mushroom, vegetation: Terragon thyme and eucalyptus , cedar.. blood oranges, currants, green peppercorn-very drying, very Terpine..medium plus on tannins
Tasting comments made by sommelier neighbor who brought it over for Christmas dinner, decanted it while our prime rib was cooking. Very very enjoyable wine!
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9/21/2019 - Nbkat8 wrote: 91 Points
This is definitely not a pop n pour wine, it took at least an hour to start showing itself. Trying to describe the taste i came away with a slightly sweet stewed cinnamon apple component, overall more earthy tones than fruit. Different than the fruit driven Washington Cabs i enjoy so much. After letting breath for quite a while it became quite good.
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6/15/2018 - Yack Man Likes this wine: 93 Points
I decided to try this wine in view of the fruit Coombsville source. I open a bottle and I just had to taste it early in the day. Great color of garnet intertwined with purple. On the nose, earthy components and soil notes. On the palate, pretty acidic which I find very is very characteristic of many 2012 Cabs, so clearly this is not a pop and pour Cab and is probably better enjoyed with food. Dark purple fruit, sour cherry, dark tart blackberries, blueberries and elements of earthy funk. I detect some substantive elements here, but this wine is very coiled, tight, not revealing too much even after several hours of a slow ox. I expect this wine should age and will improve, but It's not there at this time. 90 Points now and I will try some with dinner - more to come, IF it is worth the effort.
With a meal, this wine is significantly better. It is amazing how the flavors in this wine come to life with food. The suppressed aspects of this wine previously described have emerged and come to life making this wine enjoyable. I will give it another 2+ points. Lesson learned on this wine, I am impressed.
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