2017 Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve Lake County

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  3/12/2024 - raccah Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This is a classic Cabernet Sauvignon, in all the right ways, screaming mineral, insane graphite, pencil shavings, with ripe green, black, and lovely red fruit, with tar, anise, loads of roasted herb, and classic garrigue.
  The mouth of this full-bodied wine is richly extracted, with crazy acidity in the middle, wrapped by intense tannin, extraction, blackberry, juicy raspberry, nice boysenberry, and loads of minerality, all coming together quite nicely, with mouth-draping tannin, and sweet roasted herbs.
  The finish is long, green, and mineral-driven, with black and blue fruit, leather, sweet spices, mineral lingering long, roasted herbs, mint, menthol, tobacco, and juicy boysenberry staying long. Bravo!!! drink from 2025 until 2030.

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  11/21/2020 - GavrielT Likes this wine: 91 Points

  100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from Lake County, California, 14% ABV, mevushal. Appearance was deep purple with heavy viscosity. The nose was of heavy intensity, blackberry jam, cassis, black cherries, lots of anise and licorice, black pepper, violets, tobacco, sandalwood, vanilla and baking spices. On the palate it is a bit concentrated and jammy, full bodied with supple tannins. Lots of black cherry, licorice, menthol, dirt, tobacco and cedar. Long fruity finish. This one has aging potential. Very different from its Alexander Valley sibling, but very nice nonetheless.

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