1981 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  9/23/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points

  Sjaak's 40th birthday dinner (Groot-Ammers, Netherlands): Crushed red fruit, still retains a certain sweetness and ripe tannic grip, spicy oak, needs some oxygen to open up, slightly cool and attenuated finish.

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  8/12/2016 - Nerdy Earth Boy Likes this wine: 90 Points

  OK, I am not going to criticize 35-year old Mondavi CAB....what a beautiful treat! Dark leather, perhaps even a bit musty. Floral but not overwhelming. Juicy but slightly acidic. Very smooth. A delightful experience that was perfect at the finish.

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  5/27/2016 - paydon9 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Sourced from winebid several months ago, so not sure of provenance but this turned out good. Nose of leather, some dried red fruit, turned earth. The flavors seemed to come and go over the 2 hrs we had this, but overall it was a pleasant, aged CA cab experience featuring mostly tertiary flavors of mushroom, leather, dust and dried red berry. Tannins are completely resolved and this had enough acid to carry the wine and keep it interesting.

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  12/20/2015 - rlove wrote:

  Ruby, surprisingly youthful color. Leather, tobacco, cinnamon, and iron are some of the secondary and tertiary aromas that leap from the glass. Surprisingly aromatic and open, this is an interesting example of Old Napa, even if it is a little tired and lacking in primary fruit.

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  7/30/2014 - europat55 wrote: 92 Points

  Brought to a restaurant dinner with no formal notes other than it was outstanding and a good expression of a classic aged Mondavi Cab.

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