If you like Cal Cabs that aren't fruit/tannin Bunker Buster's ... then this is drinking perfectly. This was never a big wine, but it did have a good deal of acidity ... it is now very well balanced. I think this is drinking as good as it ever will. I loved it.
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Decanted 2 hours in advance ... could have used another couple of hours ... well integrated tannins although still firm .. wonderful dark fruit ... I think it is just entering it's drinking phase ... was my only btl and I wish I had waited a few more years.
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1997 St. Clement Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
1/8/2006 - tdoggy1 wrote: 91 Points
If you like Cal Cabs that aren't fruit/tannin Bunker Buster's ... then this is drinking perfectly. This was never a big wine, but it did have a good deal of acidity ... it is now very well balanced. I think this is drinking as good as it ever will. I loved it.
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1997 Castelgiocondo (Marchesi de' Frescobaldi) Brunello di Montalcino
1/5/2006 - tdoggy1 wrote: 94 Points
Has entered it's drinking window ... well integrated tannins, wonderful purity of fruit ... very well balanced front to back and smoootthhhh.
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1998 Antoine Ogier Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Closiers
5/7/2005 - tdoggy1 wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 2 hours in advance ... could have used another couple of hours ... well integrated tannins although still firm .. wonderful dark fruit ... I think it is just entering it's drinking phase ... was my only btl and I wish I had waited a few more years.
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