2004 Freemark Abbey Josephine

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  3/4/2016 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Despite having tasted and collected most of Ted Edwards cabs going back to the 1980's, this was the first time tasting his effort at a Bordeaux blend. I chose this specifically because Beth had chosen to prepare Beef Wellington for a dinner with friends Rick and Linda. It was worth the wait. Beautiful, dark ruby color. A slight perfume on the nose with a small hint of herbs. Complex layers of raspberry, cassis, chocolate and unsurprisingly, Rutherford dust. This was a spectacular accompaniment to the meal and to the '97 Affinity and Tapestry provided by Rick and Linda. A word of advice...it took a full three hours plus for this to truly reveal its full complexity. Prior to that time, this was a bit flat, missing the upper end brightness of the fruit. But with the appropriate time, this was pretty spectacular.

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  9/16/2013 - pdemaio Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Big Napa red. Touch of dust, flowers and red fruit. Solid, substantial mid palate. Good finish. Nice interesting, but we'll integrated red.

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  10/18/2011 - Sycamore wrote: 85 Points

  Didn't seem anywhere near ready at this stage. Strives to be old world, which I appreciate (13.5%, not very oaky). Awkward and sour fruit, though, that never really improves. Not horrible, but not worth the price paid, at least based on this showing. One left; try in 2014. Maybe palate has totally moved on from this kind of wine...........

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  6/13/2009 - DrSpalding wrote: 90 Points

  Probably a bit young, but very tasty regardless.

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