1993 Oakford Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  11/6/2018 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 90 Points

  From Methuselah (6L). Cork soft but no leaking and it came out in tact. and no seepage. Decanted 2 hours. Less than 1.5 tablespoons of sediment. Some modest bricking, but nice dark ruby color. A very dry wine with blackberries, nice food acidity, and cedar. Smooth with a 15 second finish. A lovely but simple wine that could have held its form in this format for another 5 to 7 years, but I doubt it would improve.

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  4/1/2018 - CheviotCellar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Limited decant. Pours a dark ruby with brown and orange, some cloudiness. Nose is medium-strong cedar, cherry, orange peel, ethanol and mild leather. Palate has more alcohol. Wine is youthful and acidic, with gripping tannins.
  
  If tasting blind, would guess a young, quality Rioja with a lovely nose and hot palate. This wine is 25 years old but other than some stuffy oak in background, you'd never guess it.
  
  Wine really hits its stride 60-90 minutes in, and if I could do it over, I would have decanted 2 hours ahead. Alcohol subsides, and some warm toasted coconut flavors smooth the palate.
  
  Beguiling wine. If you still have some, it will easily cellar another 2-5 years (or longer). Needs a decant, and ideally drink with a meal in case the alcohol is too much.

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  8/6/2014 - ucbeau wrote: 86 Points

  The tale of two wines. Upon opening, it was very nice. Still plenty of freshness surrounding cassis, leather, dusty soil, and black cherry. After about 2 hours it became undrinkable due to brettanomyces. So, the first part of the wine was a 90, the latter an 80, and that's being generous.

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  4/16/2013 - glindskog Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A positive surprise. More mature/tertiary notes on the nose than on the palate. Wonderful ripe and sweet blackcurrant but plenty of balancing acidity and fine mellow tannins. Smokey and jammy notes reveals age. The ripe fruit lingers a very long time - impressive throughout. Drinking perfectly now but if you have plenty there is no rush.

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  7/30/2012 - Barnaby33 wrote:

  My only real regret is that I have only one more to drink. Seriously great old cab. All the secondary and tertiery flavors were there. The green is gone. The fruit and tannins in balance. Not a faded beauty, a beautifully aged beauty.

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