Nearly black with ruby highlights. Blackberry, spicy oak, and licorice nose. Medium bodied, ripe plums, blueberries, thick sweet tannins, dark chocolate, and a tongue-wrapping medium to long finish. Vibrant and excellent.
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Generous dark fruit and cassis, elegant structure, velvety mouth feel. I can't ask for much more in a well-aging Napa cab. Not decanted. In perfect drinking window now. Kicking myself for not buying more at $9.99/bottle at world market.
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Not decanted, consumed over ~2 hours. Consistent with my note from a month ago - blackberry preserve and anise/inky notes, sandpapery tannins, quite good for the closeout price paid.
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Not decanted, consumed over 2+ hours. Inky and structured (with somewhat gritty tannins), mostly driven by non-fruit elements at this point. Main impressions were in the arena of coffee and blackberry, integrated oak, and background notes of something like clove or anise or ballpoint pen ink. A little alcohol and/or acid showing on the finish, hard to tell. Drinking fairly well now.
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10/4/2020 - maitredgreg2 wrote: 94 Points
It was absolutely gorgeous last night
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11/4/2014 - merryberry Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nearly black with ruby highlights. Blackberry, spicy oak, and licorice nose. Medium bodied, ripe plums, blueberries, thick sweet tannins, dark chocolate, and a tongue-wrapping medium to long finish. Vibrant and excellent.
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8/13/2014 - dchaley Likes this wine: 92 Points
Generous dark fruit and cassis, elegant structure, velvety mouth feel. I can't ask for much more in a well-aging Napa cab. Not decanted. In perfect drinking window now. Kicking myself for not buying more at $9.99/bottle at world market.
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5/17/2014 - bretrooks wrote: 90 Points
Not decanted, consumed over ~2 hours. Consistent with my note from a month ago - blackberry preserve and anise/inky notes, sandpapery tannins, quite good for the closeout price paid.
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4/19/2014 - bretrooks wrote:
Not decanted, consumed over 2+ hours. Inky and structured (with somewhat gritty tannins), mostly driven by non-fruit elements at this point. Main impressions were in the arena of coffee and blackberry, integrated oak, and background notes of something like clove or anise or ballpoint pen ink. A little alcohol and/or acid showing on the finish, hard to tell. Drinking fairly well now.
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