Decanted for one hour by a buddy, though so not needed. 1st glass - slight fruit nose, still sweet fruit, touch of earth. Last glass @ 2-hour mark still fruity, smooth, aged Cab. Drink up!
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Not up to B&H standards. Ton of alcohol. Hot. Disjointed. Gamy. meaty. Earthy. Past prime, if it ever had one. Not flawed in a technical sense, but just not very enjoyable to drink.
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I found this rather primary with a strong bell pepper, alcohol, and blackfruit profile. I could do without the first two. Nice wine but not a good qpr in my opinion. I am a big fan of my 04's...this one let me down. Served with bone in ribeyes and portobello mushrooms.
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Sampled 8/22/11. Pop and pour, that improved a little bit after an hour. A perfectly pleasant and full bodied cab with the usual B&H alcohol showing. Fruit forward Black fruits, cassis, Oak, some dried herbs and a mouthful but smooth. Quintessential B&H Cab. Not built for long life. Best probably within the next few years.
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Sampled 4/3/11. Inky purple, but green vegetables on the nose and palate. A little disjointed and it is not clear it will ever come around fully. Some good black fruits are present but they don't really dominate the way they typically do with B&H wines. On the good news side of the equation, the alcohol is kept under wraps.
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(B+/A-) Huge wine. Can't imagine it has faded much since release. Ripe red fruit with a bit of mocha and vanilla underneath. Classic Behrens. Always love this stuff. Why wait on this? It's drinking so well now.
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We were gearing up for the Topless, or rather, Tapas party, enjoying some home-made pasta, and homemade sweet potato chips, and said, well, we need to get our livers ready, so we popped the B&H. Glad we did. Matched extraordinarily well with the heavy, extra-garlic, meat sauce, and the cold fall chill in the air. Out of the bottle, the wine was purple, which turned to a nice plum cherry red in the decanter. The nose was green, and leafy, with some musty forest floor in the mix. On the palate, this is quite nice -- there is a richness, almost graphite-like, and some nice fruit, which really comes out with the pasta and garlic. There is quite a bit of the green, leafy, damp forest in the finish, and some tree limbs, bark and mushroom fungus. I know -- it sounds kind of odd, but for some reason, with the fruit underneath, and the nice layers in the wine, it works. And to finish it all off, there is a some cassis and cherry fruit that linger in the dark fruit finish. All I can say is that my spouse said, "hey, why did you drink it all," after which, she poured 1/2 of my last glass into her glass. I think that sums it up.
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First B&H can sense the 01 ink, it did not disapoint, spicy, nce smooth texture, long finish, evcellent, second to Staglin Stalus as a can't miss Fri night reward.
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11/24/2023 - Mscruggs Likes this wine: 92 Points
My last bottle and I thought it was still showing well, showing toasted creme de casis on a long finish with our Thanksgiving dinner!
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4/7/2020 - dslaven wrote: 94 Points
Black pepper and cassis notes. Still big!
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9/5/2019 - patwjr wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for one hour by a buddy, though so not needed. 1st glass - slight fruit nose, still sweet fruit, touch of earth. Last glass @ 2-hour mark still fruity, smooth, aged Cab. Drink up!
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3/31/2016 - ProfBainbridge Does not like this wine: 75 Points
Not up to B&H standards. Ton of alcohol. Hot. Disjointed. Gamy. meaty. Earthy. Past prime, if it ever had one. Not flawed in a technical sense, but just not very enjoyable to drink.
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11/23/2012 - brian przyzycki wrote: 90 Points
I found this rather primary with a strong bell pepper, alcohol, and blackfruit profile. I could do without the first two. Nice wine but not a good qpr in my opinion. I am a big fan of my 04's...this one let me down. Served with bone in ribeyes and portobello mushrooms.
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8/23/2011 - mxpbuy wrote: 90 Points
Sampled 8/22/11. Pop and pour, that improved a little bit after an hour. A perfectly pleasant and full bodied cab with the usual B&H alcohol showing. Fruit forward Black fruits, cassis, Oak, some dried herbs and a mouthful but smooth. Quintessential B&H Cab. Not built for long life. Best probably within the next few years.
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4/4/2011 - mxpbuy wrote: 89 Points
Sampled 4/3/11. Inky purple, but green vegetables on the nose and palate. A little disjointed and it is not clear it will ever come around fully. Some good black fruits are present but they don't really dominate the way they typically do with B&H wines. On the good news side of the equation, the alcohol is kept under wraps.
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2/22/2011 - prettydeceextrap wrote: 91 Points
(B+/A-) Huge wine. Can't imagine it has faded much since release. Ripe red fruit with a bit of mocha and vanilla underneath. Classic Behrens. Always love this stuff. Why wait on this? It's drinking so well now.
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6/5/2010 - pgruber wrote: 93 Points
Peaking. Great stuff
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3/21/2010 - shadow wrote: 93 Points
Big nose, heavy cab flavors, nice tanin finish, in my top 5 at this price point
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8/28/2008 - shadow wrote: 94 Points
everything a cab should be
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4/20/2008 - pgruber wrote: 94 Points
Wow. Decanted 8 hours. Beautiful now, Could last another 10 years.
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11/23/2007 - Lrucker wrote: 90 Points
Nice. Multiple layers but a bit hot.
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11/2/2007 - A&C wrote: 89 Points
We were gearing up for the Topless, or rather, Tapas party, enjoying some home-made pasta, and homemade sweet potato chips, and said, well, we need to get our livers ready, so we popped the B&H. Glad we did. Matched extraordinarily well with the heavy, extra-garlic, meat sauce, and the cold fall chill in the air. Out of the bottle, the wine was purple, which turned to a nice plum cherry red in the decanter. The nose was green, and leafy, with some musty forest floor in the mix. On the palate, this is quite nice -- there is a richness, almost graphite-like, and some nice fruit, which really comes out with the pasta and garlic. There is quite a bit of the green, leafy, damp forest in the finish, and some tree limbs, bark and mushroom fungus. I know -- it sounds kind of odd, but for some reason, with the fruit underneath, and the nice layers in the wine, it works. And to finish it all off, there is a some cassis and cherry fruit that linger in the dark fruit finish. All I can say is that my spouse said, "hey, why did you drink it all," after which, she poured 1/2 of my last glass into her glass. I think that sums it up.
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1/15/2007 - shadow wrote: 94 Points
First B&H can sense the 01 ink, it did not disapoint, spicy, nce smooth texture, long finish, evcellent, second to Staglin Stalus as a can't miss Fri night reward.
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1/14/2007 - HT5 wrote:
Blind Tasting:
1. 04 Larkmead Cab (reorder 6)
2. 04 Corte Riva Cab (reorder 3)
3. 03 Pine Ridge Cab (reorder 3)
4. 04 Behrens & Hitchcock Cab (no reorder)
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