Opened, poured and let sit about 35 min. Then: Not much on the nose. Taste maybe dark reddish/blueish fruit, not a fruit bomb at all, not too ripe or "lush". Very nice balance; tannins not an issue. Very pleasant red wine, but not distinctive in any way; no particular cabernet profile. I have several of these an will try the next one in 6 months or so.
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Still a fruit bomb, but it has calmed down since my last bottle of this vintage. I'm not sure it has the structure to improve much going forward. I should also note, I seem to like the regular bottling better than the single vineyard wines from Becklyn. I had this at an Italian Steak house with my wine group and it was enjoyed by everyone.
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Had our son and the grandkids over, so I didn’t pay enough attention to write a note on this…other than to say it was less of a fruit bomb than I remembered from my bottle two years ago.
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I brought this to a NYC Indian restaurant for a wine group dinner. Honestly, I meant to bring Becklyn's 2016 Sauvignon Blanc, but I must have been half asleep when pulling the wines. Anyway, it went surprisingly well with the lamb dishes we had as entrees. I think that this is a lower tannin, and more fruit forward Cab than many other Napa cabs really helped it to go well with all the spices in the food.
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10/27/2023 - Quiller wrote: 90 Points
Opened, poured and let sit about 35 min. Then: Not much on the nose. Taste maybe dark reddish/blueish fruit, not a fruit bomb at all, not too ripe or "lush". Very nice balance; tannins not an issue. Very pleasant red wine, but not distinctive in any way; no particular cabernet profile. I have several of these an will try the next one in 6 months or so.
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5/19/2023 - ledocq Likes this wine:
My wife said "This is what I want red wine to taste like."
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4/12/2023 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still a fruit bomb, but it has calmed down since my last bottle of this vintage. I'm not sure it has the structure to improve much going forward. I should also note, I seem to like the regular bottling better than the single vineyard wines from Becklyn. I had this at an Italian Steak house with my wine group and it was enjoyed by everyone.
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12/17/2022 - EMTAME wrote:
Had our son and the grandkids over, so I didn’t pay enough attention to write a note on this…other than to say it was less of a fruit bomb than I remembered from my bottle two years ago.
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11/28/2022 - SMHalps Likes this wine: 91 Points
I brought this to a NYC Indian restaurant for a wine group dinner. Honestly, I meant to bring Becklyn's 2016 Sauvignon Blanc, but I must have been half asleep when pulling the wines. Anyway, it went surprisingly well with the lamb dishes we had as entrees. I think that this is a lower tannin, and more fruit forward Cab than many other Napa cabs really helped it to go well with all the spices in the food.
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