A decently made, easily drinkable cab from Napa fruit. Nothing overly complex on the palate with a tart finish. I agree with the previous note that the wine has started taking on a madeira like finish.
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This was "quick decanted" (into the decanter and then back into the bottle) and left open for about three hours before tasting. Plummy nose. Some mint and chicory in the mouth. Still feeling youthful (despite its age) and alcoholic (15.3% abv), but not overly hot or acidic. Finishing note of caramel, turning toward maple syrup. Gains richness in the glass. Medium finish. Give it a few more years and it might take on characteristics of madiera.
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When we first opened this five hours ago, I got big overly ripe and heavily extracted fruit like zin, but after four hours the fruit blew off and I'm left with a red fruit forward wine sadly with strong, almost soapy tannins in the late body to finish. This has been a strange path of development with the wine. Maybe it's just developing strangely with a double peak, but this wine is not drinking well here. I'll wait for another.
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Excellent Wine that is drinking beautifully now. I personally didn't find the nose that complex and the finish a bit short, although it lingers on just the back of the tongue for thirty seconds. My wife loved this wine and would have scored it 93-94, so we settled on 92.
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Black cherry, blueberry and cracked black pepper on the nose. Raspberry, black cherry on the palate and a long finish with raspberry, licorice and vanilla with soft tanins.
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1/10/2017 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 89 Points
Soft and round. Good fruit. Winery doesn't make it anymore and Kym is not professional so we don't collect from the vineyard anymore.
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3/1/2016 - CJM wrote: 89 Points
Clear, deep garnet. Tobacco,,leather, chocolate. Low acids, edium to low tannins. Anise, cassis. Medium balanced finish.
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11/15/2015 - rbradleypate wrote: 88 Points
A decently made, easily drinkable cab from Napa fruit. Nothing overly complex on the palate with a tart finish. I agree with the previous note that the wine has started taking on a madeira like finish.
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12/14/2014 - wmjarrell Likes this wine: 93 Points
This was "quick decanted" (into the decanter and then back into the bottle) and left open for about three hours before tasting. Plummy nose. Some mint and chicory in the mouth. Still feeling youthful (despite its age) and alcoholic (15.3% abv), but not overly hot or acidic. Finishing note of caramel, turning toward maple syrup. Gains richness in the glass. Medium finish. Give it a few more years and it might take on characteristics of madiera.
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12/9/2014 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 88 Points
When we first opened this five hours ago, I got big overly ripe and heavily extracted fruit like zin, but after four hours the fruit blew off and I'm left with a red fruit forward wine sadly with strong, almost soapy tannins in the late body to finish. This has been a strange path of development with the wine. Maybe it's just developing strangely with a double peak, but this wine is not drinking well here. I'll wait for another.
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5/25/2014 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 92 Points
Excellent Wine that is drinking beautifully now. I personally didn't find the nose that complex and the finish a bit short, although it lingers on just the back of the tongue for thirty seconds. My wife loved this wine and would have scored it 93-94, so we settled on 92.
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4/20/2014 - czarnik wrote: 92 Points
Very deep color and rich texture. Lush dark fruit. Superb wine.
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6/17/2011 - gman1868 wrote:
Black cherry, blueberry and cracked black pepper on the nose. Raspberry, black cherry on the palate and a long finish with raspberry, licorice and vanilla with soft tanins.
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