Smells a bit hot with some background fruit, not exactly perfumed in a good way. However, it tastes better than it smells with faded tart raspberry and cherry fruit along with the typical tobacco and cedar notes from the oak. Tannins are smooth and integrated and it drank well after a couple hours of air, just never hit that next level and showed the weak vintage. Drink now or soon.
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Excellent, mature Calif. Cabernet. Still has good color and a round, fully mature palate. No need to wait on these as it seemed fully developed and I don't think there will be much more improvement to come.
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10/2/2020 - Rhonefans wrote:
Past drinking date, not good.
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5/11/2018 - SchlaepDog Likes this wine: 88 Points
Smells a bit hot with some background fruit, not exactly perfumed in a good way. However, it tastes better than it smells with faded tart raspberry and cherry fruit along with the typical tobacco and cedar notes from the oak. Tannins are smooth and integrated and it drank well after a couple hours of air, just never hit that next level and showed the weak vintage. Drink now or soon.
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3/30/2017 - D.Callahan Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent, mature Calif. Cabernet. Still has good color and a round, fully mature palate. No need to wait on these as it seemed fully developed and I don't think there will be much more improvement to come.
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11/26/2014 - BigBoy_Sonoma wrote: 90 Points
Decanted 5 hours
Blackberries, cassis, minerality, cedar, pepper, saw dust, eucalptyus and smokey oak. A-
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2/13/2013 - sqn19 wrote: 84 Points
Dark garnet in glass, dusty tannin and faded fruit. Not integrated. Compares poorly to the '05.
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