Soft aged tannins frame this full bodied beauty. Soft floral notes on the nose evolve to soft red and blue fruits on tasting. Still plenty of life left. Wishing I had more of this vintage.
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Another strong Kamen performance, but I’d have to say this has peaked and on its decline. Drink now! Fruit was there, but muted. Very fine soft tannins and no in your face fruit. More of an Aged Brdx experience than typical calif cab.
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Finished off a coravined bottle for dinner tonight. Cork was soaked two thirds of the way up all around. Deep dark fruit, nice briar/graphite component to the nose.....well integrated acidity and tannins with beautiful black plum fruit just on the fresher side of being stewed. A bit of fine powdery sediment in the bottle. This is very nice but may be in it's final stages. If you have any I would think you need to drink up in the next 1-2 years, unless you are going for that really aged, really stewed, thin fruit type of cabernet.
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94 tonight, if last night's '12 was a 93......drinking a tad younger rather than a tad older compared to the '12 last night. Obviously, the loose cork in the '12 was a problem and allowed the '12 to drink like it was an '03 last night. This has a higher range of acidity and life in general. It's really drinking pretty nice tonight with a coravin pour. Some would have no problem givning this a 95 but I'm trying to reign in my high scoring tendencies! Earthy, classic briar nose......plenty of cherry, blackberry fruit with just the slightest tad of tartness on the end of it. It works, very well!
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10/9/2023 - MrWineQ wrote: 94 Points
Soft aged tannins frame this full bodied beauty. Soft floral notes on the nose evolve to soft red and blue fruits on tasting. Still plenty of life left.
Wishing I had more of this vintage.
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3/7/2023 - Gordy449 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Smooth on finish Lovely
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6/18/2021 - mpricher wrote: 91 Points
Another strong Kamen performance, but I’d have to say this has peaked and on its decline. Drink now! Fruit was there, but muted. Very fine soft tannins and no in your face fruit. More of an Aged Brdx experience than typical calif cab.
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10/8/2020 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 Points
Finished off a coravined bottle for dinner tonight. Cork was soaked two thirds of the way up all around. Deep dark fruit, nice briar/graphite component to the nose.....well integrated acidity and tannins with beautiful black plum fruit just on the fresher side of being stewed. A bit of fine powdery sediment in the bottle. This is very nice but may be in it's final stages. If you have any I would think you need to drink up in the next 1-2 years, unless you are going for that really aged, really stewed, thin fruit type of cabernet.
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8/12/2020 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 Points
94 tonight, if last night's '12 was a 93......drinking a tad younger rather than a tad older compared to the '12 last night. Obviously, the loose cork in the '12 was a problem and allowed the '12 to drink like it was an '03 last night. This has a higher range of acidity and life in general. It's really drinking pretty nice tonight with a coravin pour. Some would have no problem givning this a 95 but I'm trying to reign in my high scoring tendencies! Earthy, classic briar nose......plenty of cherry, blackberry fruit with just the slightest tad of tartness on the end of it. It works, very well!
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