Unlike last year's tasting of this wine, it was showing age gracefully and is drinking very well as it approaches twenty years of age. Dark purple colored, medium to full bodied, it shows full forward complex concentrated black berry and black cherry fruits with tones of spice, a layer of cedar and hints sweet caramel on a silky smooth tannin finish.
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Tasted in a horizontal of five eighteen year old '95 Napa Cab's, this is the only one showing any diminution from age. Past its prime so drink up while still drinking well. Full bodied, with firm but well integrated tannins, the black berry and black cherry fruits are falling off a bit and giving way to tones of leather and tobacco, accented by anise, cedar and oak.
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Full bodied, firm but well integrated tannins, big full aromas and huge mouth-full of flavors of cedar and oak that lingers long on the full finish of sweet oak, black fruits, black cherry, anise and leather.
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Full bodied, firm but well integrated tannins, big full aromas and huge mouthfull of flavors of cedar and oak that lingers long on the full finish of sweet oak, black fruits, black cherry, anise and leather.
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5/22/2014 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 91 Points
Unlike last year's tasting of this wine, it was showing age gracefully and is drinking very well as it approaches twenty years of age. Dark purple colored, medium to full bodied, it shows full forward complex concentrated black berry and black cherry fruits with tones of spice, a layer of cedar and hints sweet caramel on a silky smooth tannin finish.
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8/31/2013 - rmcnees wrote: 89 Points
Tasted in a horizontal of five eighteen year old '95 Napa Cab's, this is the only one showing any diminution from age. Past its prime so drink up while still drinking well. Full bodied, with firm but well integrated tannins, the black berry and black cherry fruits are falling off a bit and giving way to tones of leather and tobacco, accented by anise, cedar and oak.
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12/9/2012 - AEROSMITH wrote: 92 Points
pop and pour at a party.drank a;long with 05v duckhorn.fantastic as an old wines go.will buy this again.
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12/14/2009 - rmcnees wrote: 91 Points
Full bodied, firm but well integrated tannins, big full aromas and huge mouth-full of flavors of cedar and oak that lingers long on the full finish of sweet oak, black fruits, black cherry, anise and leather.
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3/12/2009 - rmcnees wrote: 91 Points
Full bodied, firm but well integrated tannins, big full aromas and huge mouthfull of flavors of cedar and oak that lingers long on the full finish of sweet oak, black fruits, black cherry, anise and leather.
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