2017 Keplinger Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Ranch Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 94.4 points

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  12/7/2021 - bsumoba Likes this wine:

  If you read my 18' RBK TN, then you understand why I am not scoring this wine. This wine compared to the 18' RBK was a bit lacking and it could be that again, my palate was blitzed from 6 or 7 other wines of a different varietal, no lunch and no spitting from the previous Abreu tasting. I will need to visit this wine again and will most likely open the 18' Oakville within the year to give the Keplinger cabernets a fair shake.

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  6/17/2021 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This Oakville Ranch Cab has turned the corner and is drinking well. It’s still early for my palate but the stuffing of a great wine is in the bottle. This will be a fun one to follow over the next decade. 95+

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  1/29/2021 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Nose: [58°] Red with a touch of blue fruits along with clean cedar, subtle damp earth and grass, some fresh plum and some sort of forest funk that I'm having a really hard time putting my finger on - something like damp straw or dried shrubs that got wet (not a bad thing.. rather quite intriguing). A soft dusting of graphite and smooth, dulled pebble.
  
  Palate: [58°] The red fruits are darker on the palate, damp bitter earth like black mulch with the broken twigs and a bit of wood chips, pleasant bark skin, softly bitter and savory wet rocks from a dried river as though its water source was just cut off and a light dusting of graphite with a bit of spice on the finish.
  
  Attributes: Dark ruby. Dry with medium-plus amounts of fine but strong and grainy tannin. Medium body with well integrated medium acidity. Good finish of at least 16-18 seconds.
  
  Thoughts: Very interesting, ridiculously smooth and really quaffable straight from the bottle but do give this some time to breathe as it gains depth (or could also be from the small change in temp, ~61° right now). It was literally too smooth and too easy to drink from the pour. With some time though, flavors develop into something deeper and, I hate using this word, complex. Great earthiness with flavors of pleasant and bitter dulled minerals. Another thing to note, this does not have any of the baggage from the '17 vintage.
  
  Other notes: Bordeaux glass. Slow-ox'ed in bottle at cellar temp ~55° for the duration of consumption over 6 hours, recommend decanting at least one hour at cellar temp.

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  11/14/2020 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 95 Points

  PNP- Expressive nose of blue and red fruit. A massive wine that is one of the better 2017 I've tried to date. Round tannins with a long finish. Purity of terror that shows the vintage and site. A true testament to Helen and the vineyard team. Cellar worthy.

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