1993 Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  4/16/2023 - microbox wrote: 91 Points

  Absolutely stunning performance. Past peak, but cork tight (literally no loss) and only to 50% wet.
  Tar, coffee, earth and dried herbs now in the foreground. Acid not completely used up yet, nicely balanced and still fleshy. A delight.
  Last bottle.

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  8/26/2018 - Ron Slye wrote: 94 Points

  Very dark color. Strong nose of mint/menthol/eucalyptus, wet earth. Wow in the mouth – similar notes of mint (a bit more subdued and subtle than the nose) with some nice earth, mushroom, coffee, marred by a very very slight bitterness. This is really lovely. Far better than I remember the last one to be. A few days later, with a 1/4 of bottle in fridge, still singing nicely. Wish I had more of these.

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  1/1/2018 - Ron Slye wrote: 87 Points

  Still drinking nicely. Some nice subtle flavors of mint, with fading fruits that provide some nice structure. I can't see this improving, but it is not dead by any means either! Lovely to drink an aged South African cab from one of my favorite producers.

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  1/17/2009 - microbox wrote: 91 Points

  at first saddle, but (fortunately) fading, later (hints of) black currant, and mint, asparagus, hay. delicious ripe body, again mint notes, past its peak, drink up. lovely.

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