Took this a little while to come around but once it did it was classic Oakville Cabernet. Aromas of blackberry, dried cherry, sandlewood, lead pencil and herb. Flavors of blackberry, dried cherry, earth, herb and a touch of iron. This use to be a great value cab before Rudd discontinued it. Too bad.
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An excellent wine. Rich, complex, the feel on the palate we love, lengthy, brings you back to the glass to sip and sip and sip. Should live long enough to show us how it ages and I'd bet it will age very nicely.
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This was an awful bottle of wine. The bottle was good the wine was not. Dark fruit tastes with no tannins, backbone, structure, balance or anything else. A classic "there is no there there". Flabby and like blackberry cough syrup but w/o the alcohol. I have had $10 bottles that put this to shame. Unfortunately have some more.
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In the words of my bethrothed, absolutely perfect. No tannins. Perfect fruit balance. Very drinkable. Think it is in its window, clearly, with some time left to enjoy,
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6/23/2015 - dtirsell Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for Dad's Day, crisp Cab, not overly complex, fruit forward, medium body, still rich at this age.
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5/3/2015 - slywka7 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Took this a little while to come around but once it did it was classic Oakville Cabernet. Aromas of blackberry, dried cherry, sandlewood, lead pencil and herb. Flavors of blackberry, dried cherry, earth, herb and a touch of iron. This use to be a great value cab before Rudd discontinued it. Too bad.
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7/28/2014 - capacious Likes this wine: 92 Points
An excellent wine. Rich, complex, the feel on the palate we love, lengthy, brings you back to the glass to sip and sip and sip. Should live long enough to show us how it ages and I'd bet it will age very nicely.
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10/6/2012 - mellison wrote: 83 Points
This was an awful bottle of wine. The bottle was good the wine was not. Dark fruit tastes with no tannins, backbone, structure, balance or anything else. A classic "there is no there there". Flabby and like blackberry cough syrup but w/o the alcohol. I have had $10 bottles that put this to shame. Unfortunately have some more.
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5/8/2012 - Mark H. LeQuire wrote: 95 Points
In the words of my bethrothed, absolutely perfect. No tannins. Perfect fruit balance. Very drinkable. Think it is in its window, clearly, with some time left to enjoy,
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