Double decanted and poured. This still needs an hour or so to start to open up. It seemed a bit drying on the finish, but that may simply be a case of it being gone before fully coming around. Maybe.
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Drinks like twice the price. Give it minimum an hour to be open and find a perfect partner for pasta with red sauce and beef. NOTE: On second night, I increased rating from 90 to 91. A substantial jump in the texture, with suave waves of smoothness now emerge, accounts for the increase (as well as a nibble of chocolate peeking out during the long finish).
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A nice polished cab. The bouquet is still reserved, but has more depth than I was expecting. Flirting with Bordeaux qualities of graphite and cassis. The palate was medium to full bodied and opened up after an hour to revel sweet, ripe tannins. Well done!
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decanted and poured: The nose was quite expressive from the get-go, but on the palate it was very tight and quite tannic. Over the course of an hour or so, the tannins subsided and the flavors rounded out. Sufficient structure that it could have used a steak or rich food. see no reason to drink up, a couple years probably won't hurt. Really quite a nice cab without being a bruiser. I apparently liked this better than most here 91-92ish
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9/24/2022 - thalver wrote:
Double decanted and poured. This still needs an hour or so to start to open up. It seemed a bit drying on the finish, but that may simply be a case of it being gone before fully coming around. Maybe.
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12/20/2020 - Bowmanifesto wrote: 91 Points
Drinks like twice the price. Give it minimum an hour to be open and find a perfect partner for pasta with red sauce and beef. NOTE: On second night, I increased rating from 90 to 91. A substantial jump in the texture, with suave waves of smoothness now emerge, accounts for the increase (as well as a nibble of chocolate peeking out during the long finish).
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2/24/2019 - O'Meara Likes this wine:
A nice polished cab. The bouquet is still reserved, but has more depth than I was expecting. Flirting with Bordeaux qualities of graphite and cassis. The palate was medium to full bodied and opened up after an hour to revel sweet, ripe tannins. Well done!
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6/16/2018 - thalver wrote: 91 Points
decanted and poured: The nose was quite expressive from the get-go, but on the palate it was very tight and quite tannic. Over the course of an hour or so, the tannins subsided and the flavors rounded out. Sufficient structure that it could have used a steak or rich food. see no reason to drink up, a couple years probably won't hurt. Really quite a nice cab without being a bruiser. I apparently liked this better than most here 91-92ish
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1/31/2017 - SnowMeadow Likes this wine: 90 Points
Improved since my bottle from 6 months ago - smoother and more balanced. Nothing spectacular, but a solid, pleasant Cab.
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