2016 Barrett & Barrett Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 94.5 points

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  1/12/2024 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Decanted briefly. Beautiful acid dominates this silky, well-crafted gem along with fine tannins and notes of earth and cassis. Worth seeking out.

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  9/14/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Three hour decant. Deep dark magenta color. Blue flowers, fresh raspberry, blackberry, madeleine, poppyseed, toasted ciabatta, and subtle mint. Very dry palate, with fine acidity. Firm, full tannins on the longish finish.
  
  Great complexity and integration here. It’s slightly Bordeaux-esque, which isn’t always my favorite, but this was really good.

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  3/25/2023 - Glenn228 wrote: 91 Points

  3 hr open bottle & 3 hr decant. Shut down on the nose - sense of aluminum can. Sone red fruit on front palate, high, grippy tannins, high acid. Short, flat finish. Let sit for a few more hours, same result except for a bit more red fruit on the tongue. Put cork in half-full bottle and back into 55 deg overnight
  
  Day 2: 30 mins in glass at room temp. Smell of dust. More pronounced and pleasant black cherry and raspberry notes which do not develop into anything more. Still grippy, med+ tannins, med+ acid. Not well-integrated. Slightly longer finish with a little sourness at the end.
  
  I’m not sure why Heidi said this is a PnP wine at this point in its maturity. We still have the same issue with the ‘09 of needing multiple days to come into its own. Whether a 14 year old wine or this 7 year old wine, it’s simply impractical for us to open a bottle days before we want to drink. Maybe these flourish with 20 plus years and I need to change my drinking windows, but that doesn’t bear out with other reviews or the winemaker’s statements. Overall, frustrating.

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  1/21/2023 - Bodyfxr wrote: 97 Points

  Had the privilege of experiencing this wine with Bo and Heidi Barrett on an Antarctic cruise. Had this in a flight with Heidi`s La Sirena 2014 cabernet sauvignon. Both wines were exceptional but the Barrett & Barrett was definitely the WOTN. A perfect pairing witj beef tenderloin. It was popped and poured as Heidi stated that's how it should be served, not decanted. Absolutely delicious. Big, bold, unctuous and beautifully balanced with a lovely silky finish and well integrated tannins. I need to pick up a few of these. This wine is absolutely singing and at such a young age. Drink or hold.

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