2005 Audelssa Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  11/6/2020 - rmcnees wrote: 91 Points

  Fortunately, tonight's tasting experience was far better than back in 2014 when I wrote, "This was medium bodied, dark ruby colored, it comes off a bit 'hot' initially and shows bright vibrant sweet, dusty, complex ripe cherry notes with a slightly firm backbone and layer of slightly earthy, red and black berry, with hints of smoke, cedar and anise on a short slightly edgy tannin finish." At that time I gave it 88 points.
  
  Tonight, this was very pleasant and showed none of the adverse conditions reported earlier. It was dark garnet colored, medium bodied and was consistent with the tasting profile from earlier. It improved as the evening progressed revealing more depth, complexity, supple roundness and smooth elegance with hints of sweet mocha. Clearly this wine needed a dozen or more years to settle, integrate and balance to reveal its true potential. I don't believe the improvement or change was due to bottle variation, rather, credit the graceful cellar aging of the vintage release. Tonight, I give this 91 points. Regretably, this is our last bottle of this label and likely the end of the line for this brand as all indications are it no longer exists.
  https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2020/11/audelssa-sonoma-valley-cabernet.html

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  6/11/2014 - rmcnees wrote: 88 Points

  This was medium bodied, dark ruby colored, it comes off a bit 'hot' initially and shows bright vibrant sweet, dusty, complex ripe cherry notes with a slightly firm backbone and layer of slightly earthy, red and black berry, with hints of smoke, cedar and anise on a moderately short slightly edgy finish.
  
  http://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2014/06/waters-walla-walla-and-andellsa-sonoma.html

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  7/1/2012 - dsimmons wrote: flawed

  flawed

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  9/20/2011 - pcarpe41 wrote:

  Solid garnet. Sweet cassis, chocolate cherry, some slight vanilla oak. Completely consistent palate with a touch of gravel and acid. Velvety tannin and structure. Love these wines...

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  8/13/2010 - BonnieM wrote:

  Some tannic overlay at the outset. Lots of ripe dark fruit. This was a very nice foil to the grilled steak. We might have opened this a tad early. If I had one more bottle I would hold it for another year.

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