2015 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 95.5 points

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  6/5/2022 - kfran24 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  This is a very solid Cabernet. Silky smooth tannins. Not super exotic but very nice structure and I will buy more

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  5/29/2022 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wow. This was singing immediately upon opening. It hit its optimal window after 1 hr. in the decanter. After about 3 hours of air, it started to become slightly disjointed. This is drinking fabulously and is a rarity in style for Napa Valley Bordeaux blends staying true to its roots expressing terroir and allowing the varietals in the blend to do the talking. Far too often these days, all you get is extracted fruit and high alcohol in Napa reds. Diamond Creek is a dying breed of wines in California similar to Dominus and Dunn. I immediately joined Diamond Creek’s mailing list after this tasting experience. Why? Because it gives the pleasure of drinking Bordeaux without having to wait 20 years for it to mature. I stopped buying Bordeaux after the 2018 vintage because I realized that I would be really old before current release Bordeaux would mature. Therefore, I will start buying wines like Diamond Creek to enjoy while my palate is still strong.

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  4/26/2022 - msf6msf6 Likes this wine: 99 Points

  This is just an absolutely fantastic wine, bravo to the team at Diamond Creek. Even my wife who hates spending this much money on a single bottle of wine admitted this one was really good. It has everything you would expect from a big Napa cab so pop and enjoy and try and find more!!! Decanted for about 45 minutes, which was good, and drank over the next hour and a half.

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  3/23/2022 - agh1856 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Nose of blue fruit and a little earth. Taste of tart cherry to sweet cranberry. Decanted for 30 minutes, probably needed an hour. Started quite nice and continued to develop over 3 hours of drinking. Minimal sediment for a Diamond Creek. Looking forward to enjoying the rest of my bottles over the coming ~10 years.

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  11/7/2020 - Neecies Likes this wine:

  Round, sweet, bing cherry fruit that's enjoyably ripe and agreeable on first sip (not decanted). Lavishly med-full bodied for great mouthfeel with dusty tannins and red-dirt minerality that disappear into a long, silky finish. A wine so good it causes you to pause and try to remember the last time you enjoyed a bottle of wine THIS much.

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