This wine needed a lot of air to open up and come around. Fairly heavily sedimented, the nose remained quite muted and the body was soft, well integrated with a pleasant medium length aftertaste. Oak and tannins all gone, fruit mostly gone with simistic earthier secondary notes present. Still very drinkable and enjoyable especially given the low expectations but just way too old at this point and nothing like it was intended to be, guessing that it probably peaked ~ 10 years ago.
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Opened with a great cabernet nose, hints of dust, earth, black cherry fruit; more of the same in the mouth but elegant, lovely mouthfeel, smooth, silky, enjoyed by 11 people at La Belle Epoque, Napa as the start of my Silver Oak Release weekend tour. Very long finish, opened bigger, more aromatic, cabernet nose, showing its age, but not tired, consumed over three hours. Bottle was heavily waxed, cork crumbly underneath the wax, cork moist nearest the wine; lots of favorable comments from all those who participated.
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11/20/2023 - Doctor Vyd Likes this wine: 96 Points
Still good color fruity nose strong finish but little rough finish? Second day was drinking smoother
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8/26/2021 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 88 Points
This wine needed a lot of air to open up and come around. Fairly heavily sedimented, the nose remained quite muted and the body was soft, well integrated with a pleasant medium length aftertaste. Oak and tannins all gone, fruit mostly gone with simistic earthier secondary notes present. Still very drinkable and enjoyable especially given the low expectations but just way too old at this point and nothing like it was intended to be, guessing that it probably peaked ~ 10 years ago.
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4/6/2020 - bmurph29 wrote: flawed
Corked.
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11/27/2016 - grumi62 wrote: 92 Points
from doublemag bought on auction. took an hour to show its best but what a wonderful simple aged cab, elegant with a long finish.
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2/5/2012 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened with a great cabernet nose, hints of dust, earth, black cherry fruit; more of the same in the mouth but elegant, lovely mouthfeel, smooth, silky, enjoyed by 11 people at La Belle Epoque, Napa as the start of my Silver Oak Release weekend tour. Very long finish, opened bigger, more aromatic, cabernet nose, showing its age, but not tired, consumed over three hours. Bottle was heavily waxed, cork crumbly underneath the wax, cork moist nearest the wine; lots of favorable comments from all those who participated.
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