Very deep garnet color. Pronounced aromas of smoke, wood, forest floor, wet leaves, cooked blackberries, tar. Fully developed wine. Palate is dry with pleasant, medium acidity, refined tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus body and pronounced flavors of cured meat, game, prunes, cedar, tobacco box. Finish is disappointing: medium at best. Very good wine, in the perfect place now. Drink up. May age for a 2, maybe 3 more years before becoming too old.
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Deep purple red color. Heady aromas of black fruits, dark chocolate and wood spices. Ripe, fully integrated fruit in the mouth with great depth and length. Thick and persistent on the palate. For most people this outstanding wine was the WOTN and smoked the 2010 Ch. Margaux.
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Ready to drink! Do not wait any longer. The wine has lost some of the fruit and replaced with fine cigar. All together it lived up to expectations and I think the reviews below are a little too harsh. This wine isn't a 96-100pt wine but it is defiantly a very well made wine.
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In our cellar, party for Lauren G. From a magnum, decanted for about two hours, drank over an hour. Wanted to visit this wine on its 10th anniversary...haven't had in a couple years
Consistent with prior notes: "Dark purple, inky color. Nose is very rich and aromatic - fruit and earth-like. Black fruits, blackberry, cassis, currants, chocolate. Tannins are starting to resolve. Finish is spectacular - 30+ seconds. Can see the Foley signature in this wine."
This was really gorgeous on this night, drank next to an 07 Sabon CdP (Presitge). WOTN for most of the group. Decant really gives this a chance to open up - a quick tasting on opening was very nice, needs the air time to show the secondary flavors. Great to drink this wine now, should hold at this level for a while (especially large formats)
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This wine is a deep, dark, opaque purple colored. The legs are slow. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. Fruit is more red on the nose with a light vegetable hint that surprised me. That blows off over time being open. Also some wood and flint. Tannins are still pretty tight after nearly two hours open. The finish is long but more tart cherry than I would expect for the property or color.
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A very good wine, but not a show stopper. By show stopper, I mean the kink of wine that 'knocks your socks off', a wine that makes you stop and take note. Still very good!!
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Big, but not overpowering Napa Cab, licorice was the flavor that seemed to dominate as the wine opened up, cedar notes present in the beginning, smooth heavy mouth feel. Went great with flat iron steak.
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Liked this cab, best on the table last night. It does show some ripeness, and some oak in the mocha note that sits in the aromatic. The fruit is a mix of red and black and it succeeds by having acid, the shading of the currant-like fruit helping to balance the darker aspects. It did richen with air, as it was not decanted but even in that richness, it pulled it off and I would offer this wine should age fairly well given the balance that remains here at almost year 10.
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At Scalini Fideli in Chatham, awesome cabernet focused evening put together by Jay. The wines brought by most guests were tasted blind on first go through.
Did not guess it was an Hourglass but did come close on vintage, clearly California when tasted blind.
It was consistent with prior notes. Picked up the blueberry, cedar, cassis and chocolate in my tasting notes for the evening. This is a big wine with a mouth coating texture, really in a good spot right now. My guess is to drink this over the next 7 years.
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Rich, reddish purple dark color, light and unassuming nose, elegant and structured cabernet. A pretty wine that is good, but not great and actually a little disappointing to me. I expected a big fruit, extracted concentrated.... a big Cali Cab.
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Dinner with our new neighbors from Italy. Magnum. Decanted for about an hour prior to the dinner, really opened up nicely. Haven't had this wine since first drinking it at the vineyard several years ago. Paired with a nice beef stew Valerie made. Beef/richer winter meals are perfect with this wine.
Dark purple, inky color. Nose is very rich and aromatic - fruit and earth-like. Black fruits, blackberry, cassis, currants, chocolate. Tannins are starting to resolve. Finish is spectacular - 30+ seconds. Can see the Foley signature in this wine.
Still young and will only get better. Needs a long decant if you drink now. Will leave my other mags alone for a few more years
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inky dark center with light purple rim..dark cherry, blackberry and cranberry with chocolate and tobacco...medium plus length finish with light tannin and some heat(surprising)..poped and poured. Heat blew off after 45 min of opening..nice Ca. cab.
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Friday Night Brown Bagger (Rich & Dana's): Inky garnet; opaque. Notes of red currant, vanilla, rhubarb and butter. Tannins are dense and austere. Flavors of blackberry, oak and chocolate. Softens in the glass; black cherry and dark fruit tones. 90-92 pts. Hold until 2014+.
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After speaking with our waiter this was the best suggestion. It started good and opened quite nicely but after a couple of hours it fell flat. Taylor56 may have nailed this review with "a style built for high-end restaurants and for early-to-mid consumption." Perhaps it was the richness of the meal (roast suckling pig) but generally something of this caliber has the ability to cut through. Although the restaurant pricing was good ($165), I'm not sure I'll try this again at this price point.
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Very Dark red in color....Nose: Dark and red fruit, tobacco, hint of vanilla..Palate: Medium bodied..Lush and focused red berries along with well integrated oak on the backend..Pretty straight foward wine but shows great balance.. The fine grained tannins finish off sweet..Overall a very nicely made wine but does not blow me away by no means..At this price point ($125.00) I would look elsewhere...Cheers!!!!!!!
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Decanted 2.5 hours. This is a very young cabernet but surprisingly soft and nearly ready to drink (independently we both thought a style built for high-end restaurants and for early-to-mid consumption). Highly extracted color. Vanilla nose with hints of tobacco. Medium bodied with mocha mid-notes and nicely balanced. A very nice wine.
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Possibly the best Hourglass since the 01/02 offerings. Still quite young and could use another 5-7 years but even in it's youth showing it's stuff. A bit closed on the nose but a palate of ripe, rich sweet fruit and well integrated oak. Foley hit it out of the park with this one. Should gain a point or two with additional cellaring.
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Amazing Foley Finish, just lingers and lingers. This wine is way too young. I think Infanticide would be the appropriate phrase. It's wrapped up tight but it'll get better and better. Another home run from Hourglass. Decanted and drank over an 8 hour period and it just kept getting better. It must be stated that I'm a huge Bob Foley fan so I do have to admit I am biased.
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6/16/2020 - dave kammerer Likes this wine: 90 Points
A little past prime but there is still fruit and some silky tannin.
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12/8/2019 - vpoms wrote: 92 Points
Very deep garnet color. Pronounced aromas of smoke, wood, forest floor, wet leaves, cooked blackberries, tar. Fully developed wine. Palate is dry with pleasant, medium acidity, refined tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus body and pronounced flavors of cured meat, game, prunes, cedar, tobacco box. Finish is disappointing: medium at best. Very good wine, in the perfect place now. Drink up. May age for a 2, maybe 3 more years before becoming too old.
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9/23/2018 - hsacks Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep purple red color. Heady aromas of black fruits, dark chocolate and wood spices. Ripe, fully integrated fruit in the mouth with great depth and length. Thick and persistent on the palate. For most people this outstanding wine was the WOTN and smoked the 2010 Ch. Margaux.
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4/14/2017 - jaxpaj wrote: 93 Points
Ready to drink! Do not wait any longer. The wine has lost some of the fruit and replaced with fine cigar. All together it lived up to expectations and I think the reviews below are a little too harsh. This wine isn't a 96-100pt wine but it is defiantly a very well made wine.
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11/17/2015 - sbeeks Likes this wine: 91 Points
Just starting to flatten out and lose the fruit, but still good.
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11/13/2015 - walkerjfw wrote: 94 Points
In our cellar, party for Lauren G. From a magnum, decanted for about two hours, drank over an hour. Wanted to visit this wine on its 10th anniversary...haven't had in a couple years
Consistent with prior notes: "Dark purple, inky color. Nose is very rich and aromatic - fruit and earth-like. Black fruits, blackberry, cassis, currants, chocolate. Tannins are starting to resolve. Finish is spectacular - 30+ seconds. Can see the Foley signature in this wine."
This was really gorgeous on this night, drank next to an 07 Sabon CdP (Presitge). WOTN for most of the group. Decant really gives this a chance to open up - a quick tasting on opening was very nice, needs the air time to show the secondary flavors. Great to drink this wine now, should hold at this level for a while (especially large formats)
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12/22/2014 - MJTed wrote: 88 Points
Popped and poured. Drank over 2 nights. Still young and primary. Dark, brooding with prominent oak. nothing special for the $.
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12/16/2014 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine is a deep, dark, opaque purple colored. The legs are slow. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. Fruit is more red on the nose with a light vegetable hint that surprised me. That blows off over time being open. Also some wood and flint. Tannins are still pretty tight after nearly two hours open. The finish is long but more tart cherry than I would expect for the property or color.
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8/4/2014 - handymom wrote: 92 Points
A very good wine, but not a show stopper. By show stopper, I mean the kink of wine that 'knocks your socks off', a wine that makes you stop and take note. Still very good!!
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5/10/2014 - Sundesertcactus Likes this wine: 92 Points
Big, but not overpowering Napa Cab, licorice was the flavor that seemed to dominate as the wine opened up, cedar notes present in the beginning, smooth heavy mouth feel. Went great with flat iron steak.
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4/23/2014 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Liked this cab, best on the table last night. It does show some ripeness, and some oak in the mocha note that sits in the aromatic. The fruit is a mix of red and black and it succeeds by having acid, the shading of the currant-like fruit helping to balance the darker aspects. It did richen with air, as it was not decanted but even in that richness, it pulled it off and I would offer this wine should age fairly well given the balance that remains here at almost year 10.
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3/13/2014 - walkerjfw wrote: 94 Points
At Scalini Fideli in Chatham, awesome cabernet focused evening put together by Jay. The wines brought by most guests were tasted blind on first go through.
Did not guess it was an Hourglass but did come close on vintage, clearly California when tasted blind.
It was consistent with prior notes. Picked up the blueberry, cedar, cassis and chocolate in my tasting notes for the evening. This is a big wine with a mouth coating texture, really in a good spot right now. My guess is to drink this over the next 7 years.
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12/23/2013 - Yack Man wrote: 90 Points
Rich, reddish purple dark color, light and unassuming nose, elegant and structured cabernet. A pretty wine that is good, but not great and actually a little disappointing to me. I expected a big fruit, extracted concentrated.... a big Cali Cab.
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9/15/2013 - sbeeks wrote: 94 Points
Love thus wine.
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1/11/2013 - walkerjfw wrote: 94 Points
Dinner with our new neighbors from Italy. Magnum. Decanted for about an hour prior to the dinner, really opened up nicely. Haven't had this wine since first drinking it at the vineyard several years ago. Paired with a nice beef stew Valerie made. Beef/richer winter meals are perfect with this wine.
Dark purple, inky color. Nose is very rich and aromatic - fruit and earth-like. Black fruits, blackberry, cassis, currants, chocolate. Tannins are starting to resolve. Finish is spectacular - 30+ seconds. Can see the Foley signature in this wine.
Still young and will only get better. Needs a long decant if you drink now. Will leave my other mags alone for a few more years
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4/20/2012 - traxxx wrote: 88 Points
inky dark center with light purple rim..dark cherry, blackberry and cranberry with chocolate and tobacco...medium plus length finish with light tannin and some heat(surprising)..poped and poured. Heat blew off after 45 min of opening..nice Ca. cab.
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1/2/2012 - East of Napa wrote: 88 Points
Not bad but not worth the price
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12/18/2010 - AllRed wrote: 85 Points
4th Saturday group "uptown" tasting (Joe P's): Aromas of butter, popcorn and cassis. Black fruit flavors dominate, quite tannic, ending with a short, caramel-tinged finish.
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8/27/2010 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points
Friday Night Brown Bagger (Rich & Dana's): Inky garnet; opaque. Notes of red currant, vanilla, rhubarb and butter. Tannins are dense and austere. Flavors of blackberry, oak and chocolate. Softens in the glass; black cherry and dark fruit tones. 90-92 pts. Hold until 2014+.
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7/17/2010 - Fishboy wrote: 90 Points
Dark red fruit with vanilla and tobacco notes. Very smooth. Need alittle time to open up.
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4/30/2010 - Lenair wrote: 91 Points
After speaking with our waiter this was the best suggestion. It started good and opened quite nicely but after a couple of hours it fell flat. Taylor56 may have nailed this review with "a style built for high-end restaurants and for early-to-mid consumption." Perhaps it was the richness of the meal (roast suckling pig) but generally something of this caliber has the ability to cut through. Although the restaurant pricing was good ($165), I'm not sure I'll try this again at this price point.
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3/21/2010 - vinopa wrote: 91 Points
Very Dark red in color....Nose: Dark and red fruit, tobacco, hint of vanilla..Palate: Medium bodied..Lush and focused red berries along with well integrated oak on the backend..Pretty straight foward wine but shows great balance.. The fine grained tannins finish off sweet..Overall a very nicely made wine but does not blow me away by no means..At this price point ($125.00) I would look elsewhere...Cheers!!!!!!!
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12/24/2009 - Newplace31 wrote: 91 Points
Still young. Aired for over 2 hours. Not developing like other vintages.
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2/14/2009 - Taylor56 wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 2.5 hours. This is a very young cabernet but surprisingly soft and nearly ready to drink (independently we both thought a style built for high-end restaurants and for early-to-mid consumption). Highly extracted color. Vanilla nose with hints of tobacco. Medium bodied with mocha mid-notes and nicely balanced. A very nice wine.
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5/10/2008 - Newplace31 wrote: 91 Points
Wine is young. If you have some, hold it for a couple of years.
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5/6/2008 - thenapalist wrote: 96 Points
Possibly the best Hourglass since the 01/02 offerings. Still quite young and could use another 5-7 years but even in it's youth showing it's stuff. A bit closed on the nose but a palate of ripe, rich sweet fruit and well integrated oak. Foley hit it out of the park with this one. Should gain a point or two with additional cellaring.
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2/20/2008 - Gabe wrote: 95 Points
Amazing Foley Finish, just lingers and lingers. This wine is way too young. I think Infanticide would be the appropriate phrase. It's wrapped up tight but it'll get better and better. Another home run from Hourglass. Decanted and drank over an 8 hour period and it just kept getting better. It must be stated that I'm a huge Bob Foley fan so I do have to admit I am biased.
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