2008 Dynamite Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Red Hills Lake County

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 82.9 points

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  9/23/2012 - TNose wrote:

  Nasty

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  8/4/2012 - thelinebreak Likes this wine: 89 Points

  The color is a very deep, dark purple. It’s 99% opaque. But that might be misleading because the glass is so narrow. The meniscus, however, is a purple pink. Looking at the meniscus I anticipate that this wine has not quite reached its potential drinking age.
  
  I’m not getting much on the nose, but I pick up some dark cherries and pepper and, maybe, some black licorice.
  
  The finish is quick. No. Delayed. It disappears for a while and then it returns with sour black cherries. The taste buds actually recede but then blossom open to receive the next taste – a taste of black cherries and white pepper. I think I even pick up toast. (Oh, I miss my toaster.)
  
  This is a really smooth wine. It’s pleasant. But it needs some cheese to bring out the flavors.
  
  If I were in Brockport, I’d probably pay $10 for this, but in Hattiesburg, I paid around $16 for this. Wine here is much more expensive. I think I might have to cut down on my wine expenditures or readjust how I drink wine. I had a good system down for finding good wines under $15, but I’m going to have to raise that range to like $25 for down here. I even had some good everyday wines for $8 or $9, but down here, I’ll have no such luck.
  
  So with that in mind. Is this wine worth $16? No. $10? Yes. Or maybe it depends on where you live.
  
  It’s really a good wine, but it does need some food encouragement.
  
  I’ll say 89 points.
  
  For a full review, go here: http://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/in-pursuit-of-the-juiciest-wine-day-119-dynamite-cabernet-sauvignon-2008/

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  7/10/2012 - cpbock wrote: 74 Points

  Heavy sweetness with flavor of tanned leather and plum.

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  12/2/2011 - Vinotay wrote: 88 Points

  Nice & dry, super finish for this wine/price point.

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  2/25/2011 - smo wrote: 81 Points

  Good, not expensive

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