2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.28

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  11/19/2023 - John O' Likes this wine:

  differ from others in that I thought it was great right now. drank over about 2 hours

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  6/18/2022 - rdjames wrote:

  Great fruit and tannins. Don’t drink till 2026

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  12/19/2021 - MK_Maxxable wrote:

  I was hopeful that time had made this better for me but not so much. Tasted another bottle after reading of others having good results. It wasn't horrible but I just didn't care for it - again. With so many other really good (to me) dN wines, I think that the rest of these will still on the bottom of the rack .
  
  The wine was very dark purple, with a fair amount of sediment & crystals. Initial aroma was not pleasant but after a few hours in the decanter, it improved. To me this was much better with food than on it's own.

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  12/16/2021 - EMichels wrote:

  Solid wine but heavy dust right now.

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  12/11/2021 - sunnylea57 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I asked Cam for advice on which de Negocé Cab I should open, and he said, of the ones I purchased, they all needed significantly more time in bottle. That didn't stop me from opening a bottle of N.28. I decanted it at noon and had a first taste around 5 pm. No overripe fruit bomb here. It was nicely balanced and structured with austere black fruit, good acidity and dusty tannins. The only drawback was it felt a bit closed, with a short finish. I recanted (if that's what you call pouring the wine from the decanter back into the bottle - and if not, it should be) the last third of the bottle, stuck it in the wine fridge, and revisited it two nights later. It had really blossomed: full-bodied plummy fruit, wood spice, a little liquorice, and a lengthy finish. Hot tip: if you're going to drink one of these any time soon, give it at least 24 hours of air. You're welcome. Me, I'm going to bury my 11 remaining bottles until 2028 and drink them over the subsequent decade.

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