2019 Phillips Family Farming Cabernet Sauvignon Baker & Hamilton

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 93.0 points

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  5/10/2024 - ColluraJ Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Deep purple and not clear. Big aromas of cedar, raisins and black cherry. Full bodied with medium tannins and decent balance. Flavors of black currant, blackberries and graphite. Decent finish.

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  5/7/2024 - ddingley Likes this wine: 92 Points

  First of 3 bottles; I usually wait longer on my Napa cabs but this was advertised as ready by my internet service and wanted a fresh bold Cab. Haven’t had VHR so not spoiled, and found this more or less as expected; liked it and a good wine but have loved others more in this price range. Seems like it could show a bit more with another year or two but is not a tight wine today.

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  4/11/2024 - wren460 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Second time with this wine, first time was blind and I scored it 96 today it was tasted not blind and decanted 1 hour instead of 4 or so last time. It did not rocked at all. Towards the medium to light body and somewhat flat. I did enjoyed it hence the 92 points but frankly I was a little dissapointed. It is not the hedonistic beast some of us wish for, it is delicious but restrained. Felt like the 6 cylinder Mustang instead of the V8. I have many more at the cellar and while I do not think they are meant for many years of cellaring, I hope that in 3 or so years they would be better. This bottle will never achieve medals, but it is a very well made wine. Maybe I was expecting more from VHR, like a baby VHR and it is not.

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  2/27/2024 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 Points

  90-minute decant. Ultra deep, bright magenta color. Black cherry, blueberry, powdered sugar, buttercup, and subtle basil. Dry, plush, medium bodied palate. Firm, full tannins on the medium long+ finish.
  
  This is my first experience with Vine Hill Ranch’s “second label”. It’s better than I expected, but certainly not in the same league with its big brother. The decant helped quite a bit.

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  2/25/2024 - #1Winelover wrote: 91 Points

  91 is being generous. This has the coloring (dark purple). That's about it. From PnP is was kind of flat, light to medium-bodied. It does have a finish but not a finish for my profile. There is nothing wrong with this; just not anything good to better than good. Disappointing and i will open up something else and hope that this improves but I highly doubt it.

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