2017 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon Monsieur Étain

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 94.4 points

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  4/14/2024 - sjdcellar Likes this wine: 94 Points

  still not showing any real signs of age - rich dark fruit finish and smooth tannins. This is very good for the vintage. 3-4 more hours decant would have made this 2-3 points higher given how it performed over the night

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  1/25/2024 - Tim Heaton wrote:

  PnP tasted non-blind over two hours. This took only a few minutes to open, and from there it had some subtle shifts along the way; fairly linear, elegantly textured. Some avg complexity and length, graceful at times, and in need of some more time to more fully flesh out though most at the dinner found it just fine as is. If I had any, I'd open again in five years, and not before, as I think it will have become more interesting, more complete.

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  6/27/2023 - EM_MB Likes this wine: 91 Points

  1 hour decant. Didn’t show as well as prior bottle. Way too thin around mid palate. I think a victim of the mediocre vintage.

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  9/21/2022 - WildeMeeuw Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Kleur: Diep robijnrood met - na vijf jaar nog steeds - een intense paarse vleug. Aroma / bouquet: Een explosie van donker fruit, waarin bramen en zwarte bessen, tegelijkertijd ook rijpere aroma's van mokka, zacht zoete drop en een wit pepertje. Zeer aantrekkelijke en verleidelijke wijn. Smaak / Afdronk: Ook in de mond is deze wijn één en al verleidelijkheid. Zachte frisse zuren, mooi gerijpte tannine met een verfijnd bittertje. Mondvullend, prachtige balans. Algemeen / potentieel: Tot 2003 werden de druiven van de huidige wijngaarden van Scarecrow gebruikt voor de productie van Inglenook en, in mindere mate, Insignia en Opus One. 90% nieuw Frans eiken. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 13 + Smaak / Afdronk: 18 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 95/100
  
  Colour: Deep ruby red with - still after five years - an intense purple hue. Aroma / bouquet: An explosion of dark fruit, in which blackberries and blackcurrants, at the same time mature aromas of mocha, soft sweet licorice and a white pepper. Very attractive and seductive wine. Taste / Aftertaste: Also in the mouth this wine is all seductiveness. Soft fresh acidity, nicely ripened tannins with a refined bitterness. Mouth-filling, wonderful balance. General / potential: Until 2003, the grapes from Scarecrow's current vineyards were used to produce Inglenook and, to a lesser extent, Insignia and Opus One. 90% new French oak. 50 + Colour: 5 + Aroma / Bouquet: 13 + Taste / Aftertaste: 18 + General / Potential: 9 = 95/100

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  9/5/2022 - knlowery Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Scarecrow always good but 2017 seems a bit limited vs other vintages

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