Dry and a little bitter, with tannins not balanced by fruit. But decent underpinnings of chocolate and cassis. I'll take this over an overtly corporate Cali Cab, but not great by any stretch.
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OK, I agree it is not very good. But to its credit, it has some concentration, and it is not the overly sweet, cherry vanilla cola that I think of as bad generic Cali Cab. There seems to have been some attempt to make a wine with some character. But ultimately there is just not a lot of life there.
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I don't know, oak bomb, not very good, 80 points is generous. This wine is drinkable but when I think of what a good CA cab is........... this is not it.
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1/21/2009 - herberto wrote: 85 Points
Dry and a little bitter, with tannins not balanced by fruit. But decent underpinnings of chocolate and cassis. I'll take this over an overtly corporate Cali Cab, but not great by any stretch.
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1/2/2009 - herberto wrote: 84 Points
OK, I agree it is not very good. But to its credit, it has some concentration, and it is not the overly sweet, cherry vanilla cola that I think of as bad generic Cali Cab. There seems to have been some attempt to make a wine with some character. But ultimately there is just not a lot of life there.
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11/21/2008 - cgrimes wrote: 80 Points
Thin and oaky. Not very enjoyable.
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6/14/2007 - the godfather wrote: 80 Points
I don't know, oak bomb, not very good, 80 points is generous. This wine is drinkable but when I think of what a good CA cab is........... this is not it.
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