2019 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Steltzner Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 95.4 points

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  3/22/2024 - KTelaak_Buffalo Likes this wine: 96 Points

  An absolute beautiful and complex Napa fruit bomb. The fruits are vibrant and mind blowing. Dark and glass staining. It was an eye opener evey time someone tried this for the first time.

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  3/11/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Took a taste on pnp on the back of some TNs suggesting this was approachable right out of the gate. Not my experience: this was tight and very tannic right after decant. However, it IS approachable much faster after a decant than I would expect: an hour decant and this was already coming together beautifully. No really dominant side to this: poised almost midpoint between red and dark berry flavors. I did not think this was skewed to raspberry. There is a nice toasty vanilla and a whiff of mocha to this, but nothing excessive. Very harmonious with a lush mouthfeel. One good effect of the early tannic taste: it showed that under the hedonistic love bomb, there is really good structure here that will allow this to mature nicely. Liked it more and more as the evening went on.
  Score : 94-95. Relative to expectations: ++
  
  Next day: the bouquet was now dominated by vanilla in a way that had me worried about oak in a way I hadn’t been yesterday - which surprised me. However on the palate this really balanced out beautifully. Still very lush but not on the edge of “too much” any more. I think in time it will all come together very nicely.
  Same score and expectations for now….

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  1/28/2023 - shadow wrote: 100 Points

  First class ticket to Cab nirvana.
  She leaves you wanting more and each sip is a bold memory.
  This is why I love Cab.

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  1/5/2022 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Coravined. Very deep electric magenta color. Dark raspberry, ash, and baking spice on the nose. Smooth, tongue drying palate, with chalky acidity. Firm tannins on the long finish.
  
  This is very good, but very youthful. It’s more red fruited than I like, almost akin to a ‘17. My least favorite of the Vice Versa lineup, but all of their bottles are pretty amazing.

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  12/30/2021 - eschuldt wrote: 96 Points

  PnP at cellar temp. Very nice mouthfeel and big but with well integrated alcohol, had a cool slightly herbal quality that reminded my a of a young SQN Syrah but with less herbal qualities. Potential to go higher in the future.

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