2020 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Signature Series Suscol Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (22) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  2/28/2024 - seeyouintee Likes this wine: 88 Points

  First pour was pretty underwhelming - very nice tobacco aroma right out of the bottle, but hard stop at cherry and oak. After a two hour decant this livened up, with rose, baking spice, ripe fruit, and a solid oak backbone. I could see maybe a 90 with 5+ years. Good QPR, but do you really want this taking up cellar space?

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  2/8/2024 - peeks13 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Had about a year ago and it was plain and lacking but last night had hints of green pepper and herbs and had some Napa cab characteristics peeking out. I will hold my last bottle for 6-12 months and see if it develops even more. Hindsight should have bought more for $18 and I feel this is showing better than the Kirkland Oakville and Rutherford cab series.

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  1/14/2024 - manny651 wrote: 87 Points

  nice nose, decent palate, it is totally a cab and not super fruit forward, interesting single vineyard from kirkland

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  1/13/2024 - cmmatthews Likes this wine: 88 Points

  A much better Cab than it deserves to be...dark cherry, a pronounced leathery note, some oak/vanilla on the backend. I'd buy more of it.

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  11/16/2023 - jwhiggins wrote: 82 Points

  While some Kirkland wines punch above their weight and represent excellent QPR, this wine is not one of them. The nose seems promising enough, with dark fruit braced by some prominent secondary aromas of black olives, fresh steak, sweet wood smoke, and soy, all of which hints there might be some complexity and depth to the wine. Unfortunately, however, this does not correspond to the palate and finish. While initially there are pleasant plush notes on the tongue with a racy edge that becomes even more angular on the finish, the flavors overall just don't hold up to the nose. The wine simply lacks the complexity one expects in a Napa Cabernet. Not a bad wine, per se, just a very mediocre one. It's extracted fruit and simplicity won't allow it to hold its own as quaffer, but is decent enough with a steak, especially a less expensive cut that doesn't warrant opening a better bottle. All-in-all, there are much better $18 Cab options out there.

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