2013 Di Costanzo Cabernet Sauvignon Farella Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  11/5/2023 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted off sediment for 30min and back to bottle. Followed for an evening.
  
  This went through many phases and profiles over the course of a few hours. Nose was lovely and complex with leather, cedar, cigar box, and dark fruit underneath. Palate has a nice tannic blanket that overlays subtle blueberry compote slathered over minerals and rocks. Finish showed a lot of dusty earth.
  
  Over time, a much truer Coombsville profile showed. Lovely dark and blue fruits, classic Coombsville mineral earth, blue florals. Some eucalyptus and mint on the nose.
  
  Lovely, well-made wine with a nod to classic styling, but didn’t hit the way I anticipated. I think this needs food, not steak but maybe a nice duck breast. Very high quality but not one I would drink by itself. Early in the bottle, you could blind this as Bordeaux. Later on it became more clearly new world. The tannins were certainly large but not cumbersome and integrated over time. Acidity was a touch lower than I would have liked. Very strong effort but could have used an extra gear.
  
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  10/22/2023 - Geaux Tigers Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PnP and ready to go from the start. Raspberry, earthy notes, balanced yet restrained for Napa. I loved this wine.

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  6/8/2023 - beau11 wrote: 95 Points

  Amazing nose. Crazy complexity. Pungent complex nose of strawberry, leather, hay cigar box, freeze dried wild blueberries. Great mouthfeel. Sour cherry, blueberry hints.
  
  This wine has evolved beyond expectations. Great wine.

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  4/1/2023 - wine4lux Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Second wine served with a dinner with friends, paired with beef bourguignon. Wonderful and complex. Subtle dark fruit notes, graphite and cocoa. Understated yet multi-dimensional. Smooth and elegant tannins. A big hit with our friends.

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  11/30/2022 - Asull2k Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Double decanted and back in fridge 12 hours, then decanted for 2-3 hrs prior to serving - this one clearly benefited from lots of air. Dark dense purple and a little ruby color. Initial bubblegum aromas on initial pour before decanting, but when serving 14-15 hrs later had apple, blueberry, hint of mint, and mineral earthiness on the nose. Very Bordeaux-like on the palate and extremely smooth and rounded, with red apple, ripe raspberry, a little blueberry, and some graphite on the palate with a long lingering ~45 sec finish. Very reminiscent of Bordeaux with slightly stronger fruit presence, this was beautifully executed. Should be careful with pairing, as I can see this being overpowered by foods if one makes the mistake of expecting a bold Napa cabernet - its complexity is subtle and perhaps better drinking without food.

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