1966 Inglenook Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  7/30/2016 - grafstrb wrote:

  Double-decanted. Mahogany color of moderate depth. Expressive Nose: leather; old wood furniture; hints of mint, celery seed, and beef stew. Medium-light bodied. No tannin. Medium acidity. 12% alc. not noticeable. Smooth, with rustic flavors; fruit seems to be falling out, but there are some non-descript red fruit aspects still hanging around; leather; hint of cherry pit on the finish, which is medium-short in length and medium intensity. This is doing quite nicely for its age, and is a very pleasurable drink today; that said, this is Past Peak, and is a Drink Now wine. This was one of my top wines of the tasting.

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  4/26/2015 - johnh1001 wrote: 90 Points

  Very forward and ripe, almost candied nose of red fruit and chocolate covered earth. Silky and full in the mouth, but one dimensional compared to the Bordeaux.

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  12/22/2011 - fclarity wrote: 89 Points

  From an excellent looking bottle with a very high shoulder fill, this wine looked solid with a deep red center and red/orange rims. The nose took a while to show medium- intensity red stone, roses, and a hint of sap.
  
  In the mouth the wine was medium bodied with a nice rounded structure and moderate length. However, it was not particularly complex. While this bottle was only open for an hour and a half before it was consumed at the Village Pub in Woodside, I doubt that it will get appreciably better.

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  11/6/2010 - mtdv wrote: 90 Points

  The last bottle of Inglenook from the 60's, in our cellar. Still drinking well, unbelievable!

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  1/3/2009 - mtdv wrote: 93 Points

  Unmistakably Inglenook. Plenty of life left in this bottle. Characteristics of leather, current, graphite and cocoa.

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