2012 Flora Springs Cabernet Sauvignon St. Helena Reserve Rennie Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  5/9/2022 - mflesh wrote: 94 Points

  ay, so it's not every day that you walk in on a Flora Spring Rennie's Reserve that is 10 years old and opened for 4-5 hours. BONUS! #winewinning fo' sho'!! This wine has a youthful dark red fruit core. Classic Napa Cab. This is the wine that Jacob Schram made with the Beringer brothers and Charles Krug. This is the style of wine that put the Napa Valley on the map. This is the style of wine that the Stag's Leap Cabernet was made in to beat the French wines in the Paris tasting. Dark red and black braably fruit, and lots of it. Espresso bean. White pepper from start to finish. A little hint of dates, plums, black licorice, red licorice, white wild flowers. Not overextracted, not what it is not supposed to be. Not pretending to be something that it's not. Not pretending to fetch a $500 price tag. This. Is. Napa. Cab. Finishes with a lot of youthful chalky red fruit. I had to grab the bottle several times to confirm that this was a 10-year-old wine. Tastes like a 16, yet the balance an integration is incredible that leaves you scratching your head thinking that this has to have the maturity of a 15-year-old Napa Cabernet. My goodness. And I felt like I had to find SOMETHING that could at least follow this wine in a remote sense.

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  12/18/2020 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Deep gorgeous medium ruby. Cocoa powder and raspberries on the nose. Raspberries and coca dust i the wine as well. Tasty.

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  8/24/2020 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Vivid dark ruby with crimson at the edges. Crabapples, pomegranate, and dark ripe raspberries on the nose with high alcohol. Rich boysenberry notes dominate along with a touch of chocolate-covered raspberries. An almost cloying red fruit sweetness defines the finish. Ready to drink, but no reason to rush as it has another six-ten years to evolve ahead of it at a minimum.

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