1989 Geoff Merrill Cabernet Sauvignon Museum

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  7/27/2018 - mclanew wrote: 89 Points

  After 45 minutes of air, this is nice old cab. There black currant, lead pencil and a touch of barnyard. The color shows moderate bricking and the tannins have largely faded away. The palate is tasty but has a thin streak with flavors of dark cherry, herbs, tobacco, olives.

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  5/7/2018 - mclanew Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This bottle is in better shape compared to my recollections of the last bottle. Opens quickly after thirty minutes. The nose is a fantastic show of lingering decadence. The palate is attractive flavors blackberries, tobacco, and brush - fully mellowed out without a lot of structure left. The finish is underwelming not surprisingly given the fragile structure

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  6/2/2017 - mclanew wrote: 88 Points

  Fully mature, pretty, flavorful, tart black fruit pie, with tobacco and mild spices. Mellow and delicious with a little complexity. Nose is fine but finish is short. For a mid priced Aussie cab twenty eight years later this is a pretty good result but doesn't stand up amongst a collection of classified Bordeaux of similar age.

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