2016 Chiron Cabernet Sauvignon The Paint of Moonlight

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  3/14/2024 - EMTAME wrote: 89 Points

  This vintage seems much more brooding than either the 2017 or 2018. There’s not as much delineation of the various elements and things seem a little muddled, at least at this stage. If I had more in the cellar, I’d be inclined to hold for another two years by which point this may have sorted itself out a bit more.

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  3/13/2024 - Discobiscuits42 wrote: 91 Points

  Big nose of coffee, chocolate, leather, blackberry. Really nice. Pretty big palate, coffee and chocolate the dominant notes with supportive dark chocolate raspberry/blackberry with some graham cracker. Tannins could smooth more but they are pretty supple. I also picked up a bit of a transient sour note that detracts. The slightest bit of heat on the back end. Quite a dark fruited cab. Pretty good wine but doesn’t wow me.

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  8/22/2023 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 92 Points

  60 minute decant. Nose of bright purple fruits, violets, black licorice, metallic notes, and hints of saffron. Full-bodied palate of black cherry and blue fruit is firm and structured with layers of earth and volcanic soil. Firm tannins and a touch of sourness on the finish with dark fruit and lots of chewy oak and cherry wood flavors. Drinkable now but a little more time in the bottle would help.

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  8/15/2023 - talbot61 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  No sediment. Dark purple. Some reduction initially, then luscious blackberry juice. Nicely balanced. Fully ready to drink.

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  1/30/2023 - WineJ2019 wrote: 94 Points

  Purchased a Paint of Moonlight vertical in BD 14 so opened this one from last year to see how it’s doing. And I would say “awesome”. this has classic Cab flavors like dark red fruit and mocha/chocolate, and what I especially appreciate about this wine is the texture and long smooth tannins.

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