1975 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  11/14/2021 - RockinCabs wrote: 95 Points

  Nose: Black and red berries, cherry, thyme, mint and some leather. Palate: Enters with such vigor and intense dark fruit, leather, cassis, and pencil. Quite Oakville in nature balancing red and black fruit with herbs and a polish from the glycerin that appears on the back end.
  
  A slow burning development in glass that evolved to reveal layer after layer of complexity. Perfectly preserved bottle that had a neck fill, and one owner storage.

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  11/14/2021 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points

  The story of this wine is that of an amazingly slow burn, reluctantly unfolding with nuance after nuance gradually revealed over the hour or so this sat in the glass. A stern but not hard character offering the blackest fruit available, mint, nori, and red fruit at the end, sweetening with air. Glorious, if demanding. 94-95

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  2/26/2021 - BrunelloBob wrote:

  Auction purchase. Cork bled through, but no other signs of leakage. Great, youngish color but an unfortunate acetone nose that partially burns off. Sharp red cherry. Great acidity for the age and enough tannin. Shame about the nose. Would try another bottle.

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  1/23/2021 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points

  Gorgeous bottle. Lights out nose of mature, yet fresh fruit, bell pepper, wet cedar and tobacco. Still so rich and fresh on the palate. Silky, pure and smooth. Wow.

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  7/18/2020 - KimberlyDo Likes this wine: 94 Points

  It was still there! It has been many years since my last bottle! Here are the notes.
  
  The ullage was unbelievably small, as the wine level was still above the bottom of the neck. The cork was in excellent shape! I did not have my Durand opener with me so I simulated with a double hinge and Ah-So wine openers. A small piece of the bottom of the cork broke off and wedged in the neck so I decanted around it using a SS mesh. The cork broke clean, as the SS mesh caught no cork fragments!
  
  The wine was clear with great color! No sign of browning on the edge. The wine's viscosity was impressive with an abundance of legs when swirl in the glass. The node was a classic mature cabernet with currants and a hint of black licorice. On the palate the wine had wonderful dark fruit flavors with a lot of depth and long smooth finish falling off slowly. A wonderful surprise and a testament to the provenance of the bottle.

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