2008 Cliff Lede High Fidelity

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  9/5/2022 - knlowery Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A bit acidic and not unlike other 2008s

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  8/24/2020 - md928 wrote: 91 Points

  Tastes fantastic. Very berry. Opened it 9 years after purchasing, and tasted pretty good immediately after opening the bottle. I let breathe another two hours.

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  12/29/2018 - drrobvino wrote: 91 Points

  My last of 3 bottles. Spent $73 USD, quite expensive (not a re-buy for me).
  This one is ready to roll, showing dark chocolate, plum, black cherry, and refreshing green pepper notes.
  The palate echoes the nose, with thick and chewy tannins, alongside moderate acidity and a medium-length finish of black and blue fruits.
  Tasty now, but honestly this could last through 2021+. No rush.

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  12/9/2015 - drrobvino wrote: 92 Points

  Last time I had a bottle of this wine was exactly 2 years ago. Scored it 89 points. It is definitely better today.
  Brought to a restaurant and PnP at the table. The wine really sung tonite.
  40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot.
  15.0% abv. 72% new French oak for 18 mos.
  Notes of mocha and black cherry syrup on the nose, and deep flavors to match. The wine has nice med acidity, and a velvety mouthfeel with finely grained tannins that are resolving nicely as the wine develops with bottle age. Developing some earth-driven notes on the nose and palate, the wine shows nice complexity and I am really, really pleasantly surprised that this has not turned into a fruit bomb Napa blend, but quite a nice and delicious wine (although it should be for $70).
  Drink now through 2019 or so.

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  7/18/2015 - kennyd Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Really like this. It was good the first day, and perhaps even better the second day. It's in a perfect place right now. The Right Bank style is showing through, with the merlot truly singing with its red fruitiness. I respectfully disagree that it is "sweet." It is resolved, in order, soft and plush, like an aged bordeaux-style Cali red would hopefully be after a few years in the cellar. Nice!

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