2015 Adamvs Cabernet Sauvignon Quintvs

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 94.6 points

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  4/7/2023 - csimm wrote: 94 Points

  A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: Well, I asked for some tension and I got some tension. The 2015 is tighter and more linear than the 2014. This is indeed a long-hauler, with quite the grippy frame. More herbal and exacting on the front end, with minerality that cuts across the palate with focus and seriousness. It’s not as grave as the 2013 Teres, but it’s got some coil to it that is just waiting to spring into action. Blackberry seed, crunchy river rock, and a healthy dollop of acid that katanas its way through the finish, the 2015 is serious business. This hovers in the 94-ish (95?) point range for me.
  
  While the 2014 is playing on the jungle gym and enjoying its day on the tanbark, the 2015 comes along and smacks the 2014 right in the face with the tetherball. Hold the 2015 for a few more years until it learns being bully usually means growing up and working the register at the Dollar Store.

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  3/30/2023 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  ADAMVS Verticals (w/CSIMM1161) (ADAMVS Vineyard and Winery): Tightly wound, this wine is begging for more time in bottle but may eventually eclipse the 2014. With the warmer vintage and smaller berries, this wine shows more density of fruit and has the potential to be more extroverted. Like the other wines from here, it is deeply complex, with tobacco, graphite, and many mineral driven notes. Strong tannins and big structure mean this is going to age very well. Long, lingering finish.

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  11/8/2022 - VinedyRoad Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Aging nicely, soft tannins, fruit, and secondary & tertiary flavors in perfect balance.

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  5/26/2022 - Markush_This Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Very tasty. Decant and immediate consumption. Got better over course of bottle. Drink now or within next 4 years.

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  12/17/2019 - msuwine wrote: 95 Points

  This explosive and burgeoning wine needs another 12-18 months to unfold and soften, but it is a tightly coiled wonder right now. I preferred the 2014 Quintus when I tasted it a few months ago, but the 2015 has even more concentration and depth. This could be remarkable with time (as opposed to just really, really good, which it is right now).
  
  Dark purple in color; medium in body; evocative aromas of boysenberry, freshly ground nutmeg, crushed rock, and white violets. Tastes of blueberry, graphite, rosemary, and charcoal, with a dense, tannic, and lingering finish. 15.1% alcohol. Decant at least two hours, if not more. Just singing on the second day, with notable uptick in integration and nuance (while also adding a softness to the fruit). 95 for now, with an incredible future in 2021 or later.

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