1999 Dunham Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon V

Community Tasting Notes (21) Median Score: 85 points

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  12/29/2013 - zoeldar wrote: 85 Points

  Decent, past it's prime. All tannins resolved, but little fruit left as well. Sorta one-dimensional...but quaffable.

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  5/19/2013 - Curtisnjenn wrote: 90 Points

  Decanted for three hours. Still very good wine. Lots of sediment

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  9/12/2012 - gunnarm wrote: 50 Points

  This bottle had turned. No fruit, all dark vinegar flavors. A shame.

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  7/30/2011 - johnson5953 wrote: 89 Points

  Lots of sediment, decanted for 3.5 hours. Inky dark color. Hints of blackberry and port, perhaps a bit past its prime, but still a great drinking wine.

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  9/14/2010 - MoreWinePlease wrote: 90 Points

  Tasted over 3 hrs. (first without food and then with a meal of gas BBQ'd top sirloin marinaded w/harissa sauce, herbed rice and salad of baby greens/olive oil vinaigrette) in a blind against a 2000 Sineann Block One, an Andrew Will Sorella 2000, a 1997 Sterling RSV cab, a 1999 Girard Red and a 1999 Dunham .
  
  All were surprisingly good with the Apex tasting the most Bordeaux like; dry with hints of cedar, cassis, blackberry and a touch of scorched earth and a fairly long finish. The Sineann was the biggest,ripest and fattest of the group with a rich thick mouth feel, scents of super ripe Italian plums and blackberry jam and lottsa sweet tannins that had fully resolved. The Sorella was much more elegant in its lengthy finish and finesse and went well w/the dinner. The '97 Sterling RSV was another surprise since some of the '97's we've had in the recent past were tiring out and this still had much of its fruit intact and was well liked by all. The '99 Girard Red had great mouth feel, black cherry/cassis w/vanilla overtones and a medium finish...tasty on its own and good with the food. Finally, the '99 Dunham showed its stuff as well: rich blackberry/cassis with well integrated but noticable oak. Nice to know that WA juice can age well if stored well, as all of the above had been. Despite any protestations as to which was best the four of us had no trouble finishing the lot, save for a little of the Sineann, which I took home and polished off the next day.

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