1990 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

Community Tasting Notes (93) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  4/22/2024 - Wine Canuck wrote: 91 Points

  [Tasted Double Blind] This pours medium to light ruby with touches of purple, no bricking. The nose shows cassis, blackberry liquor, vanilla, raw lumber, hazelnut, plum brandy, blueberry jam, charcoal, and violets. The palate shows plum on entry with quite a woody mid-palate. Tannin is medium plus and acid is medium. The finish replays the very youthful purple/blue/black fruit with some touches of oak. I guessed that this was a 2004 St Emilion due to the plummy youthful fruit and noted oak, but lower levels of extract. I was quite surprised on reveal at how youthful this was. I have to admit, given the label I would have had higher expectations for this wine.

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  3/5/2024 - poppagene Likes this wine: 94 Points

  After 34 since harvest, this wine is ready to enjoy.

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  1/9/2024 - WoodieBayArea wrote: flawed

  sorta had a debate with whether flawed or simply 100%, unapologeticly over the hill, the nose was pretty much nothing and the palate was like drinking water with some acidity and alcohol... I would describe it as "no -- meaning zero -- body"... oh well, still love old Dunn Howell from the 90's but this bottle went down the drain after two days of trying

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  7/1/2023 - mxpbuy Likes this wine: 89 Points

  From Magnum with 2 hour advance decant. Although drinkable and clearly a Dunn Howell, there was something off about this bottle that no once could quite put their finger upon. Not too much brett. Definitely not TCA as the wine remain unchanged from first opening to final taste 7 hours later.

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  5/27/2023 - mark2eye Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drank from a magnum. Still plenty of life left. Took about an hour before it really started to show. Less fruit this time around with notes of soy sauce, brine, and olive. In a great drinking window with easily another 5-10 more years.

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