2016 DeLille Cellars Harrison Hill

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 94 points

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  10/17/2023 - Daddyrusses Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This wine is drinking spectacularly. The tannins are at a perfect level where the fruit is still solid, but the smoothness and mouthfeel are at an optimal point.

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  11/3/2022 - ChrisWagner wrote: 93 Points

  I will say that for a Washington cab in a more "old school" style it doesn't get much better than this.
  
  The thing I see in this wine that I find often lacks in many modern cabs is balance. This wine is exquisitely balanced. I would have never guessed that there was 100% new oak on this.
  
  My wife wanted to have this last night with our anniversary dinner, but otherwise I'd probably hold this at least another 5 years. That said, was enjoyable now and a bit of time in a decanter did it wonders.

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  1/14/2020 - oldwines Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Tasted at the Wine & Spirits Top 100 Symposium in NYC. From vines planted in 1959 aged in 100% new French oak. Fairly full bodied, masculine wine but very well controlled and not overdone in any dimension. Great texture and mouth feel, long and luxurious finish. Nearly wine-infanticide but this was actually more approachable than I expected, second taste even better. Probably needs another decade in the cellar or more but may be beautiful around its 10th birthday.

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  6/7/2019 - garambler Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My wife and I tasted this at the Carriage House tasting room on 6/7/19. It had a rich, deep and complex nose of black currant, black cherry, sandalwood, tobacco, rose petal, anise and spice aromas. The palate was rich, elegant and balanced with flavors of black currant, black cherry, mocha, cocoa, tobacco, spice and minerals.

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  5/18/2019 - bajayngo wrote:

  Nice higher end Washington bordeaux blend. Some liked it more than I did although I did think it was a good representation and vintage.

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