1984 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  4/6/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 Points

  Birthday party (Chicago, IL): My favourite of the three 1984 cabernets tonight; it's still a bit volatile on the nose but the palate makes up for it. It's cleaner and shows more of a pure black fruit profile, as well as plenty of leathery tannins.

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  6/29/2021 - grub94 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  For a 37 year old, this was quite lively for a less than impressive vintage and without the bricking that I would expect on the rim. Purchased in 88. Cork was in fine shape. Nose was immediately full of barnyard which cleared and opened into blackberry and blueberry backed by forest floor. Soft tannin and resolved acidity on the palate showing leather, more dark fruit, cocoa and notes of mint on the finish. Wish I had more!

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  8/5/2019 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:

  This bottle was excellent. The cork had a good seal and was saturated less than 1/2 way. The color was still fairly dark given the age. The nose started slightly funky, but opened quickly to reveal still a surprising amount of fruit; cassis, dried blueberry, dried violet, lots of earthy and forest floor notes. The palate has very good concentration and the bottle lasted 2 hours over dinner with no decline. Quite good.

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  1/12/2019 - oldwines Likes this wine: 94 Points

  In my cellar since the late 1980’s and my last bottle. Double decanted at 11am and served at my daughter’s wedding to the parent’s table (and a few others) from her birth year. I think this actually may have needed more time in the decanter than it got and the time in bottle after double decanting was mostly with the cork in. This was delicious but just a little closed to me and while it had a surprisingly youthful feel to it the the fruit was a bit subdued. The minerality with graphite and wet stones was great and the finish had leather and chocolate. Wish I had another to give it a really good long breathe in the decanter.

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  4/21/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Dinner w/Brad & Maggie (Eleven Madison Park): Really in an awesome spot right now. This is why Napa needs to remember how to make wine that ages. Because this was just so good tonight. It's licorice and lavendar and maybe a hint of soy and just a touch of fruit in the background. It's a wine that is maybe just now hitting the right drinking window, but so fresh and lovely that it has many more years to go. Very good.

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