2009 Aloft Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  12/16/2022 - Charlie C Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Bright red color. Plums and black cherries on the nose. Rich fruit on the palate, cherries, plums, bit of blackberry, tobacco. Round tannins, bright acidity, great balance. Finishes long, long and bright with cherry notes. Lovely and at peak. Drink next 5 years.

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  12/3/2021 - alamoave Does not like this wine: 86 Points

  Uggh. Nearly intolerable fruit bomb. Zero character.

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  10/3/2020 - mflesh wrote: 94 Points

  This wine IMO has matured and is in the ripe drinking window right now. This wine has some blackberry influence but a lot of the fruit in the front and middle seems to be boysenberry, black cherry, dates, and sweet plums. Compared to other vintages that I've had (they've all been more current in the last few years), they have all been darker for sure, but Aloft has always seemed to be a touch sweeter than the Charles Krug Cold Springs and has also usually had a bit more punch. I think this one is starting to show a tiny bit of age. I think it's been a while since I decided to open an 09 Aloft. Finished with some pepper notes and a little eucalyptus. Went well with a huge variety of seafoods in the fact that it wasn't a unidimensional blackberry bomb.

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  12/15/2019 - tbabes wrote: 94 Points

  Not my preferred style, but very good for what it is: a blockbuster, high octane, fruit forward CA Cabernet! Purple core turning towards garnet at the rim. Notes of black cherry, blackberry, and violets. Medium to full bodied, huge on the palate, with heady alcohol and a round texture. Massive on the finish.

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  4/3/2018 - grafighter Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Popped and poured. A little swirl and it’s ready to go. Best bottle of the case...or is it getting better with age? I won’t know. This was my last bottle. Shoot!

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