2011 Seavey Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Caravina

Community Tasting Notes (55) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  5/27/2023 - drrobvino wrote: 91 Points

  Final of 6 bottles...waited 3.5 yrs since last one. Enjoyed with grilled, med-rare bone-in ribeyes this evening, and was a nice paring.
  Black fruited, almost tart and held-back, with espresso grounds, anise, a touch of mint, and minerality/soil. The wine is still holding up nicely at 12 yrs of age, as I have come to expect from this House. Gorgeously integrated finish with nicely supportive acidity. The freshness is a bit lacking, but I am being critical...really liked this Cab tonight. Drink through 2024 or so.

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  2/23/2023 - pdadams66 wrote:

  Drank at work event, didn't have chance to taste, but it was well liked by others.

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  1/18/2023 - thesternowl wrote: 90 Points

  Popped and poured; enjoyed over two days. Best on Day 1. The 2011 “Caravina” pours a deep, we’re going to call opaque, garnet with some slight browning towards the rim. There appear to be signs of very light sediment. Medium viscosity and medium staining of the tears. On the nose, cassis, tobacco, bell pepper and the faint smell of baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry and notes from the nose are confirmed. Medium tannin and medium acid. Finish is a bit clipped so I would place at medium-. On Day 2, the wine was still intact but it seemed to have lost some of the energy that it had on Day 1 and now came across even more green and earthy than before.
  
  This 2011 Caravina is probably the most “2011” Cabernet from Napa that I’ve had in some time. It’s green and lacks the structure I would want for longevity. While I would still call this a good wine, it’s not the charmer that Caravina is in most vintages these days. Drink now with a meal. In this case, it worked well enough with Cincinnati-style chili 😋.

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  10/22/2022 - JeffShuck Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very mellow and velvety smooth, although perhaps lacking a bit of depth as compared to say the 2015 Carravina, which I love. Silky and a bit of gravel. A fine wine. I would agree with other reviewers who wrote that now is the time to finish this off.

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  8/21/2022 - Old Lyme wrote:

  Last of the CT summer with Cat. Was good, at its prime or a touch beyond.

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