initially concerned about the orange tint on the rim of the glass, but the nose held true -- cinnamon notes with deep black fruit tones, forest floor and cigar box; palette is as delightful as ever, perhaps peaking now, with blackberry and black cherry predominant. Very soft tannins, very well integrated, a massive wine, with plenty of heat and long lingering aftertaste. Enjoy!
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nice garnet color; cigar box, black raspberry must and wet rainforest nose; soft tannins, packed black fruit, tobacco, briar, chocolate notes with a whiff of cinnamon on the long aftertaste. still going strong!
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After a 2 hour decant, the stinger herbal notes mellowed. Fruit was toned down as would be expected of a wine this age. There was still plenty of structure left. Drinking well right now.
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I held this purposely to understand the Napa Cabernet Sauvignon aging process. Clearly fully mature and in decline. Some signs of bricking at the edges, but the core is still, clear deep ruby. Fully developed and mature with pronounced complex aromas and flavors, as the primary fruit is mostly absent, replaced by aromas of spicy jalapeño pepper, smokey leather, dried tomato leaf, ground black currant leaf, dried tobacco, and parched, rocky earth. Vestiges of red currant persist in the background. Surprisingly there is still acid and tannin in support. Weak finish as expected. I’m still holding some “higher end” 2001 Cabs, so we’ll see how they fare!
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8/14/2022 - nfurlong Likes this wine: 93 Points
initially concerned about the orange tint on the rim of the glass, but the nose held true -- cinnamon notes with deep black fruit tones, forest floor and cigar box; palette is as delightful as ever, perhaps peaking now, with blackberry and black cherry predominant. Very soft tannins, very well integrated, a massive wine, with plenty of heat and long lingering aftertaste. Enjoy!
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10/10/2021 - nfurlong Likes this wine: 93 Points
nice garnet color; cigar box, black raspberry must and wet rainforest nose; soft tannins, packed black fruit, tobacco, briar, chocolate notes with a whiff of cinnamon on the long aftertaste. still going strong!
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3/22/2019 - Wineaux67 Likes this wine: 93 Points
After a 2 hour decant, the stinger herbal notes mellowed. Fruit was toned down as would be expected of a wine this age. There was still plenty of structure left. Drinking well right now.
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7/14/2018 - wmccone54 wrote:
I held this purposely to understand the Napa Cabernet Sauvignon aging process. Clearly fully mature and in decline. Some signs of bricking at the edges, but the core is still, clear deep ruby. Fully developed and mature with pronounced complex aromas and flavors, as the primary fruit is mostly absent, replaced by aromas of spicy jalapeño pepper, smokey leather, dried tomato leaf, ground black currant leaf, dried tobacco, and parched, rocky earth. Vestiges of red currant persist in the background. Surprisingly there is still acid and tannin in support. Weak finish as expected. I’m still holding some “higher end” 2001 Cabs, so we’ll see how they fare!
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5/14/2017 - Santiagogomez wrote:
drink by 2017
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