2005 Vineland Estates Winery Cabernet-Merlot Elevation

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.4 points

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  11/25/2018 - PeterSM Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Cellaring has brought out the best in this blend.

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  10/3/2018 - owr Likes this wine: 88 Points

  A red blend of the big three reds, and again 13 years later it's still juicy with blackberry and black cherry, smoky, mocha, and good acidity ... As the wine sat open there were even hints of blue fruit that popped in and out.

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  3/19/2013 - owr Likes this wine: 90 Points

  (Re-Tasted March 2013) ... This was a beauty of a wine when it was released and now that is it 8 years old its even better. First let me say how nice it is to open a bottle of 2005 wine and find a real cork stopping up the bottle, I have found so many plastic POS corks in 2005 wines that I was starting to expect those nasty pieces of plastic every time I open a 2005. Now onto the wine. I would like to say that the nose was overwhelmingly wonderful, but in truth it was pretty simplistic: spice, dark fruit, cinnamon and oak ... there was also something smoky to it, but that didn't show up till a little later. Those who focus on the aromas too much are going to miss the best part of this wine though - and that's the palate - which just keeps on giving and giving and getting better and better with each passing 10 minute-block. It started off slowly: spiced-cassis and blackberry along with vanilla-cinnamon-oak. Then came a hint of blueberry skin. Wait a little longer in glass, the wine smooths out and you can find some licorice notes ... wait again and smokiness appears, then some chocolate ... but it wasn't just one note at a time, they all seem to meld one into another to a point where the wine was absolutely delicious combining all those flavours into each mouthful. I do believe this wine has hit its sweet-spot, the question remains, how long will it stay there.

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  8/2/2012 - Jenzen wrote: 90 Points

  Intense dark fruit, wonderful nose and overall ballance, for anyone who like a big wine this is an incredible example from Ontario. very nicely aged now, will not go much longer. tannins are still there but very smooth.

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  9/18/2011 - Sabertooth wrote: 86 Points

  Enjoying my first of two bottles. Nose with light berry and plum. Taste is more intense with a complex palate full of dark chocolate and raspberry. Tannin is nicely balanced but will continue to evolve and I think I will uncork the second bottle in 2013. I tried this wine when it was first released and it has aged very nicely since.

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