This is a nice surprise. Wonderful nose and if you like aged fruit (and I do), this one is worth while to drink right now. Good body, still with some grip, and nice color. Leather, tar, with a little dusty prune. Opened up pretty quickly and after an hour, was drinking well. Vacuumed about half the bottle 24 hours ago and tonight, it's not quite as good. If you only like young CaliCabs, stay away. I'd say, enjoy them now if you got 'em.
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Very consistent with last notes except less oak and a whole lot of sediment. Still hot and need to decant at least an hour. My bottle had been cellered properly and still had a little life left. Drink up.
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Pretty much undrinkable when just opened, it improved. Still, a modern Super Toscan with quite some oak. Cherry,cassis and oak. Pretty boring with a touch of heat.
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7/18/2016 - BordeauxBoy wrote: 92 Points
This is a nice surprise. Wonderful nose and if you like aged fruit (and I do), this one is worth while to drink right now. Good body, still with some grip, and nice color. Leather, tar, with a little dusty prune. Opened up pretty quickly and after an hour, was drinking well. Vacuumed about half the bottle 24 hours ago and tonight, it's not quite as good. If you only like young CaliCabs, stay away. I'd say, enjoy them now if you got 'em.
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11/5/2011 - kcsteve Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very consistent with last notes except less oak and a whole lot of sediment. Still hot and need to decant at least an hour. My bottle had been cellered properly and still had a little life left. Drink up.
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8/28/2011 - french16 wrote:
Pretty much undrinkable when just opened, it improved. Still, a modern Super Toscan with quite some oak. Cherry,cassis and oak. Pretty boring with a touch of heat.
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7/29/2011 - redman77 wrote: 92 Points
Drink up and enjoy... it was WOTN
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5/10/2011 - Jack O'Brien wrote:
Good wine - Awesome blanace between fruit and minerality but my bottle fell apart very quickly when opened after an hour.
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