Bought blind, decanted for 2 hours and enjoyed over 4 more hours of air. At the outset, you'd swear this is a $10 cab. Thin, red fruited but very average, maybe an 86-87.
With a total of 5-6 hours of air, this turns darker, richer and better. Make no mistake. This is not a big Cali cab. It is not deep or heavily structured or high end. But, it's pretty decent. It's extremely balanced for a '17. Obviously, out of the burn zone that year. A $30 cab that drinks like $40?
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Chocolate, crisp uncooked green beans, plum, pepper, blueberry and tomato. Every sniff gives me a little something different. I love wines that shift and evolve over the course of the evening. Was that warm apple pie with cinnamon crumb topping? It is if you close your eyes and imagine you are at a road-side stand in the Catskills.
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4/9/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 90 Points
I have to say......this was a bit of a surprise.
Bought blind, decanted for 2 hours and enjoyed over 4 more hours of air. At the outset, you'd swear this is a $10 cab. Thin, red fruited but very average, maybe an 86-87.
With a total of 5-6 hours of air, this turns darker, richer and better. Make no mistake. This is not a big Cali cab. It is not deep or heavily structured or high end. But, it's pretty decent. It's extremely balanced for a '17. Obviously, out of the burn zone that year. A $30 cab that drinks like $40?
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11/10/2023 - Gkautry Likes this wine: 92 Points
May have improved some in the last 18 months. Good QPR. 92
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6/17/2023 - LIWines Likes this wine: 92 Points
Chocolate, crisp uncooked green beans, plum, pepper, blueberry and tomato. Every sniff gives me a little something different. I love wines that shift and evolve over the course of the evening. Was that warm apple pie with cinnamon crumb topping? It is if you close your eyes and imagine you are at a road-side stand in the Catskills.
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12/29/2022 - Ryanswine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Not too big but very good
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7/7/2022 - Gkautry Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep garnet color. Medium legs. Full noise of dark fruit. Some vanilla? Silky with a medium to long finish. Drinks like a much more expensive bottle.
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