Community Tasting Notes 6

• oldpdxwino wrote: 95 points

  May 20, 2021 - Clear bright red, lots of fruit like cabs used to be

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• iamandyc wrote: 93 points

  March 10, 2012 - Awful looking bottle I bought from Cellarsearchers for $10 - leaked, crusty, cork had been seeped past. Not a pretty sight but $10, lets give it a try. Fair amount of solids in the bottle. Originally a reddish color with little bricking. Deepened over the hour. A touch acidic early but that went away and this became a wonderful, mature cab. In complete balance. Fruit was on the plum side with a touch ofblood orange. Some leatherwith a silky smooth finish. Wow!

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• AlexHop wrote:

  May 15, 2011 - Barnyard and spice and oak. Complex interplay of flavors, classic aged Napa cab. Cherry, forest floor. Long finish. Tasted at Insignia Day 2011.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  February 7, 2009 - Mature and Near Mature Trimbach, Burgundy, and Bordeaux (Palena, Washington, D.C.): Good color for its age. Compared to the old Bordeaux on the table, very ripe and simple except for a distinctly minty note. It has certainly held up, but it left very little impression beyond that.

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• shaferguy91 wrote: 89 points

  September 17, 2006 - Still youthful in appearance. No brown and deep dark color. A little bit of earth on the nose. Fruit good but probabling fading. Pretty good effort for a 25 year old CA Cab.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1981
• Type Red
• Producer Joseph Phelps
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Backus Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Oakville

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• In Cellars 33 (62%)
• Consumed 20 (38%)

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