So I bought a cellar; 11/12/2022-12/31/2030: Opened at 4th Friday gathering with my wine group. Opened with an ah so, but didn’t need to. The cork was in great condition, only a small amount of seepage. The fruit on the nose was present, but it smelled a bit musty early. Air helped. The mustiness blew off some, and it tasted like it should - a mid level, older Napa cab. Plenty of fruit, with tertiary aromas and flavors. Still good. I was worried because it was not a reserve. But an older Mondavi almost always performs. This one did for sure.
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This was one of those discovery miracles. Perfectly cellared since release, drinking great. In fact, I'd bet this had a lot of good fruit in it. Balance holding up, not flabby at all and a bit of tannin still evident. Real joy to drink, especially guessing I paid under $20 for it.
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5/26/2023 - Gregmonroe wrote:
So I bought a cellar; 11/12/2022-12/31/2030: Opened at 4th Friday gathering with my wine group. Opened with an ah so, but didn’t need to. The cork was in great condition, only a small amount of seepage. The fruit on the nose was present, but it smelled a bit musty early. Air helped. The mustiness blew off some, and it tasted like it should - a mid level, older Napa cab. Plenty of fruit, with tertiary aromas and flavors. Still good. I was worried because it was not a reserve. But an older Mondavi almost always performs. This one did for sure.
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6/17/2022 - Petiteme Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good tannins fruity and a great wine for almost 20 years old
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2/9/2021 - levinml wrote: 91 Points
This was one of those discovery miracles. Perfectly cellared since release, drinking great. In fact, I'd bet this had a lot of good fruit in it. Balance holding up, not flabby at all and a bit of tannin still evident. Real joy to drink, especially guessing I paid under $20 for it.
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4/26/2020 - pickhardt wrote: 84 Points
I was hoping for a great surprise, but instead this was just old and tired. Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained.
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5/23/2018 - Mkotin1 Likes this wine:
Nice
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