Dinner at Jims - An open that bottle night (Jim's): Totally wonderful, was a hit at the dinner. There is something about a Cabernet aged and in its prime where the fruit and complexity are there and the structure is pure velvet. Timing was right to open.
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Highly enjoyable and at a great maturity plateau. Young and vibrant with juicy cassis, but with tertiary notes emerging. Soft and reasonably restrained.
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Very happy the bottle survived a period of non-temperature control. Was afraid the bottle was lost, but it wasn't. Now it is hard for me to compare with other bottles as this was my one and only bottle and I haven't had it before, but it was great. Decant for 1.5 hours. After 2 - 2.5 hours when it was drunk it got too much air fast. So take that into account. Wine was really nicely ages. Slight haze med intensity. Med+ nose aged aroma. Some fruits still present, but nice leather and tobacco taking over. Some earth and french oak. Beautiful! As said, can't say if this is its prime, but if I had more, I'd drink now!
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I expected more from this one. It was 'typical' as a Cabernet, but just not boat rocking. Black cassis driven nose and mouth with cola, black cherry and black raspberry. What was missing was depth and sense of presence. Alongside a 2006 Realm Farella, this lacked structure, class and breed. Don't get me wrong, I did not throw it out of bed, but I also did not stare admiringly at it as it left the bed.
Expectations can be problematic.
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11/17/2018 - Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dinner at Jims - An open that bottle night (Jim's): Totally wonderful, was a hit at the dinner. There is something about a Cabernet aged and in its prime where the fruit and complexity are there and the structure is pure velvet. Timing was right to open.
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8/16/2018 - rc@ughey wrote: 92 Points
Highly enjoyable and at a great maturity plateau. Young and vibrant with juicy cassis, but with tertiary notes emerging. Soft and reasonably restrained.
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5/20/2018 - beej Likes this wine:
Spicy and sweet fruit all at the same time.
Time to drink but still a lot going on.
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2/18/2018 - peterdenh Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very happy the bottle survived a period of non-temperature control. Was afraid the bottle was lost, but it wasn't. Now it is hard for me to compare with other bottles as this was my one and only bottle and I haven't had it before, but it was great. Decant for 1.5 hours. After 2 - 2.5 hours when it was drunk it got too much air fast. So take that into account. Wine was really nicely ages. Slight haze med intensity. Med+ nose aged aroma. Some fruits still present, but nice leather and tobacco taking over. Some earth and french oak. Beautiful! As said, can't say if this is its prime, but if I had more, I'd drink now!
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1/24/2011 - King Cab wrote: 90 Points
I expected more from this one. It was 'typical' as a Cabernet, but just not boat rocking. Black cassis driven nose and mouth with cola, black cherry and black raspberry. What was missing was depth and sense of presence. Alongside a 2006 Realm Farella, this lacked structure, class and breed.
Don't get me wrong, I did not throw it out of bed, but I also did not stare admiringly at it as it left the bed.
Expectations can be problematic.
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