Surprisingly good! Smooth and well integrated. Maybe not at its peak, but still delicious. We were afraid it might have been over the hill, so we’ve been putting off opening it, but it did not disappoint. Decanted carefully, as there was a fair bit of sediment. We made sure to finish the bottle, because we didn’t think it would be as good on day 2!
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Very good. Gift from FIL who was cleaning out his cellar. Cedar/cigar box on the nose with some faint dark fruit. Medium to full bodied. Tannins fully integrated...they are there but very smooth. Blackberry jam with black peppery notes. Perfect steak wine...which is what I had with it! Well stored bottled have a few years of life left. Hard to believe this one is almost 20 years old. I bought a lot of Mondavi Napa cab in the 1999-2003 period and this vintage was the best to me.
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3/6/2023 - beau poete Likes this wine:
Surprisingly good! Smooth and well integrated. Maybe not at its peak, but still delicious. We were afraid it might have been over the hill, so we’ve been putting off opening it, but it did not disappoint. Decanted carefully, as there was a fair bit of sediment. We made sure to finish the bottle, because we didn’t think it would be as good on day 2!
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12/25/2021 - karpiron Likes this wine:
Absolutely delicious.
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5/3/2021 - herbtcat Likes this wine: 96 Points
Sublime. Drink it now or in the next 3 years.
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6/6/2020 - tigerpaw75 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very good. Gift from FIL who was cleaning out his cellar. Cedar/cigar box on the nose with some faint dark fruit. Medium to full bodied. Tannins fully integrated...they are there but very smooth. Blackberry jam with black peppery notes. Perfect steak wine...which is what I had with it! Well stored bottled have a few years of life left. Hard to believe this one is almost 20 years old. I bought a lot of Mondavi Napa cab in the 1999-2003 period and this vintage was the best to me.
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12/14/2019 - ShowMeWine wrote: 95 Points
Fantastic bottle - smooth with a slight spicy finish - wish I had a case or two
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