2005 Bugay Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon The Empress

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  4/27/2023 - Atwellian wrote: 90 Points

  Last of 6 bottles. Deep semi-opaque purple-black with a touch of brown. Notes after 1/2 hour. Leather, pencil box, plum, blackberry. Strong up-front tannins, mellow mid palate, nice finish. Has not developed a lot of tertiary complexity, but is nicely balanced and smooth. My opinion this was over-oaked and the fruit is a bit overwhelmed, Ei really liked. I would say this is probably in it's drinking window - but????

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  4/9/2023 - Winokdub wrote: 89 Points

  Fruit is fading. What is left is decent but nothing compelling. Time to drink up and have moderate expectations

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  10/3/2021 - Winokdub wrote: 90 Points

  Nice mature cab nose. Medium body mid pallette. Good acid and still some fruit and some tannin too but seems more than mature but still pleasant but not a blockbuster.

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  11/5/2018 - WineDoDo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Perfect window for drinking now. Tannins are very soft snd the fruit is just right.

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  3/30/2018 - jzebrack wrote: 90 Points

  decanted to filter out the sediment, but aired out for less than a half hour. Is drinking well, more balanced than I remember from prior bottles. May simply be variance between bottles

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