2011 Aonair Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Series

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  4/2/2019 - mflesh wrote:

  From the "awful" 2011 vintage comes another rather good wine! This wine is predominantly red fruited on the nose and palate, with a hint of black fruit. The body is medium+, red licorice, red fruit and black cherry with a slightly darker middle. This wine finishes with a lot of black pepper, but also still rather bracing acidity and medium tannin. I was going to hold onto this one for a year or so, but curiosity got me. This bottle seems a little more "red" than the one enjoyed in December. I didn't get the "mountain" fruit character of this wine like I did in the last bottle. Hold for up to another 7-10 years.

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  12/24/2018 - mflesh wrote: 93 Points

  Very nice wine. Mountain fruit. Poured with medium density to the glass. Nose was actually a classic Oakville nose of dense black fruit and youthful oak. Smoky. Entry is medium bodied, black cherry tart that gets a little deeper and darker with good acidity to the back. Youthful tannin here with a hint of pepper, not overdone. IMO still needs a few more years to integrate a little more but still a really nice wine.

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  8/8/2017 - PSUSteve wrote: 91 Points

  Blind. Decanted for a couple of hours. Absolutely no nose. Lucious smooth black fruit on the attack but the wine faded extremely fast. I would not decant.

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  8/8/2017 - PMJak11 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  5 out of 10 last night for me....fruit forward, young, silky, spice, very enjoyable....

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  3/27/2014 - Alfaro wrote: 91 Points

  Young, new world, approachable, easy to drink with any meal

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