1971 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  1/21/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 93 Points

  1970 Themed Bordeaux Dinner: Fill level in the neck. Cork only 3/4 stained. Impressive condition. It pours medium ruby in the glass with light bricking. The nose shows a youthful blend of cassis, dark cherry, pomegranate, eupalyptus, chai tea, fire pit, and a touch of green bean. The palate enters on the bright cherry fruit, with medium minus tannin and medium acid. The finish lingers nicely, medium in length. All in all this is a lovely old school California Cabernet, certainly youthful in the company of the wines pours against it.

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  12/10/2022 - Eric wrote:

  ESTG Year-End Tasting (Newcastle, WA): Mmmm, leafy, mint, red fruit, green tobacco leaf. This is fairly dry and structured, very Cabernet in personality, utterly classic California Cab from another era. This wanted some steak to buffer it a bit.

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  10/11/2022 - *Vine* wrote:

  Deep crimson, slight bricking around the rim. Remarkably vibrant for any Napa Cab of this age. Initially, the aromas are quite tertiary - think cedar, leather, clay, autumnal vegetation and sweet tobacco. Within 10-15 minutes, the fruit begins to show with notes of black cherry and red currant, plus hints of brown sugar and allspice. Given there's been more than 50 years between bottling to now, the concentration is quite impressive and surely this must have been a mouthful upon release. Well-balanced and full of character on the palate, with mature flavors evidencing a wine which has aged majestically into graceful decline. Incredible close lingers into near-perpetuity, a lasting memory imprint of freshness. Although this will most likely last for many more years if well-stored, seems like it's best to drink now while the wine remains so giving.
  
  Quick comment: I haven't left a note in years but given this bottle, it seemed mandatory to at the very least leave an impression.

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  7/10/2018 - CurrieCellar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This wine is still remarkable for its age Perfectly balance with good fruit in the nose. The color is almost as it was 40 years ago with little to no browning. A slight bit of aging in the taste, but not at all offensive. If you have any, drink and enjoy!

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  12/18/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points

  1992 & Older Napa Cabs - Blind - With a Few Ringers (Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Dark red color, no bricking. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 90 minutes. What a beauty, in great shape again. We drank this right off the bat by itself and it turned out to be one of my favorites of the night. This really blew up over about 15 minutes and continued to improve for about an hour and was still drinking quite well at 3 hours in upon checking a new pour. The nose is wonderful with earth, mint,red berry, black currant, leather and mineral notes. The palate shows black currants, huckleberry, wild raspberry, leather, dried earth, wood spice, and mint with fine dusty tannins that have more life to give. Amazing wine not really giving up its age.

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