2005 Swanson Alexis

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  2/7/2023 - Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Ruby in color with a wide brick rim.
  
  Beautiful nose of black currants, blackberries, blueberries, dried figs, raisins, light oak, licorice, light tobacco, light earth, chocolates, eucalyptus, light vegetables, herbs, wildflowers, cola and black pepper.
  
  Medium plus in body with medium acidity and long legs.
  
  Dry and very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black plums, figs, dried fruits, coffee, light cedar, tobacco, chocolates, cola, vanilla, licorice, spices, light earth and peppercorn.
  
  Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
  
  This gorgeous 18 year old Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley is drinking beautifully now.
  
  This is a great surprise, as the cork totally crumbled, and I expected the worst, but it really delivered.
  
  Shows nice balance, and great complexity with a velvety mouthfeel.
  
  Easy drinking and good right out of the bottle. As it opens up, tannins come in (45 minutes), and make it more structured and interesting.
  
  A great sipping wine to have all by itself and talk about. The nose is just gorgeous.
  
  14.8% alcohol by volume.
  
  95 points.
  
  $80.

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  11/29/2019 - jmh st louis Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Balanced medium red and blue fruit, polished finish

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  8/10/2019 - europat55 wrote: 92 Points

  This was outstanding and a crowd pleaser tonight!

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  9/1/2014 - sdorris wrote: 92 Points

  Always fun to come and try a bottle with some age on it. This has matured nicely.

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  8/24/2014 - Jettoy1992 wrote: 91 Points

  Nice. 1.5 liter decanted for 4 hours

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