2012 W.H. Smith Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Howell Mountain Estate

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92 points

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  5/31/2021 - Jkuryak Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wow, so good!! Drinking great.

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  1/17/2021 - hosscrow Likes this wine: 90 Points

  After an hour decant and drinking over a few hours, this wine lost much of its character. Drink now. Deep brick red. Enjoyable minty, blue fruit nose with a hint of tertiary aromas, mostly tobacco. Medium body, light for a cab, concentrated blackberry, blue berry and spice flavors over a nice frame of medium plus acidity and present, dusty tannins with a average well-balanced finish that emphasizes the fruit. Certainly not a powerful wine, made in a lighter cab style, a surprise for a Reserve Howell Mt. cab. Nothing really distinguishing except the lighter style.

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  9/14/2016 - Biscomusic Likes this wine: 90 Points

  First taste had huge chocolate and mocha flavor which faded away to the more typical Howell mountain style, tannins weren't overpowering but could still use just a bit more integration... Nice bottle

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