1981 Villa Mt. Eden Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89 points

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  8/1/2016 - Rackit Likes this wine:

  Trying this for the first time. Sourced from my father's cellar where he purchased it upon release.
  Decanted and enjoyed over 3 hours. A ton of sediment lining the bottle. Color is dark cherry with browning around the edges. As you'd expect, the nose is initially very much raisin, prune, stewed fruits with a bit of must that blows off quickly. After a half hour, other fruit...fresher red fruit flavors came through. Nice bit of acidity on the finish which is medium in length. Even tasting a bit of cola and forest floor. Get's more complex as the raisins recede. Reminds me of a '50s Burg. Enjoyable and a great example of what used to be in Cali before the Fruit Bomb epidemic.

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  12/17/1989 - buckeye76 wrote: 89 Points

  LEATHER, LICORICE, AND DEEP FRUIT IN THE NOSE. BLACK CHERRY FLAVORS. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH.

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