Perhaps the oddest thing about this wine is the fact that it has virtually no nose. When I dipped my nose into the glass, I could tell it was red wine but little beyond that. Given this experience, I was prepared to assume the wine wasn’t very good. However, I was pleasantly suprised that this is textbook Napa cab and a perfect Tuesday night wine. My palate is overwhelmed by black cherry, cassis and black currants. It’s pure fruits and no tannins. Perhaps it drank so well because we were crushing Southern Rhône wines which can be devoid of sugar. Good juice in a jam. Cheers!
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Pnp. Pours a deep purple in the glass. Nose and palate are straightforward yet pleasurable showing blackberries, black cherries, plum, plenty of milk chocolate and warm wet earth. Midpalate has a nice chewy texture with round tannins and gentle acidity. Finish is medium and simple with solid ripe fruits, but its nice to break up the recent string of old world wines we've been having lately.
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A cabernet blend featuring merlot, zin and syrah too, IIRC. Well-balanced and featuring zingier than usual (for '12 and Napa Valley) fruit, but there's not much here to prop it up much longer. User opinion of drinking in 2016 is spot on.
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12/31/2018 - Joel405 wrote:
Buy more!!
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1/27/2018 - What I'm Drinking Now wrote: 90 Points
Perhaps the oddest thing about this wine is the fact that it has virtually no nose. When I dipped my nose into the glass, I could tell it was red wine but little beyond that. Given this experience, I was prepared to assume the wine wasn’t very good. However, I was pleasantly suprised that this is textbook Napa cab and a perfect Tuesday night wine. My palate is overwhelmed by black cherry, cassis and black currants. It’s pure fruits and no tannins. Perhaps it drank so well because we were crushing Southern Rhône wines which can be devoid of sugar. Good juice in a jam. Cheers!
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1/4/2018 - ESTEELE90 Likes this wine:
Pnp. Pours a deep purple in the glass. Nose and palate are straightforward yet pleasurable showing blackberries, black cherries, plum, plenty of milk chocolate and warm wet earth. Midpalate has a nice chewy texture with round tannins and gentle acidity. Finish is medium and simple with solid ripe fruits, but its nice to break up the recent string of old world wines we've been having lately.
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6/3/2017 - ShaunV wrote:
Costco wine
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8/2/2016 - Neecies Likes this wine:
A cabernet blend featuring merlot, zin and syrah too, IIRC. Well-balanced and featuring zingier than usual (for '12 and Napa Valley) fruit, but there's not much here to prop it up much longer. User opinion of drinking in 2016 is spot on.
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