Compared favorably with the 2911 Far Niente Cab that we had along with it. Enjoyable, with red and black fruit, a liitle cocoa. Well integrated tannins.
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This wine just doesn't quite measure up to the other CA cabs that are available in a 90 point range that have more lasting flavors and body. Drink this wine now.
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Appearance - Dark garnet color, clear @ edge, reflective, good body - 3/3 Aroma/Bouquet - Fruit forward, blackberry, plum, vanilla/oak, slightly hot/alcohol, some mineral, vegetal - 5.5/6 Taste - Blackberry, plum, light tannins, oak, vanilla, slight chalky/limestone - 5.5/6 Aftertaste - Black fruit continues, long finish, tannins fade, minerality continues - 2.5/3 Overall - Great fruity wine, complex, well balanced - 2/2 Note - This wine evaluation is based on the American Wine Society 20-point wine judging criteria, then interpolated into a 100-point score.
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Notes at 4 hour decant mark. Deep opaque garnet purple. Nose and taste of smoke, ash, blackberries, oak and a little fried onion strings. Some bitterness holds the score down. Dusty dry tannins and medium acidity. Medium plus body. About 92.
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9/15/2022 - sonodoc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Compared favorably with the 2911 Far Niente Cab that we had along with it. Enjoyable, with red and black fruit, a liitle cocoa. Well integrated tannins.
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8/6/2021 - Mortgage92 Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine just doesn't quite measure up to the other CA cabs that are available in a 90 point range that have more lasting flavors and body. Drink this wine now.
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5/26/2020 - dac2849 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Appearance - Dark garnet color, clear @ edge, reflective, good body - 3/3
Aroma/Bouquet - Fruit forward, blackberry, plum, vanilla/oak, slightly hot/alcohol, some mineral, vegetal - 5.5/6
Taste - Blackberry, plum, light tannins, oak, vanilla, slight chalky/limestone - 5.5/6
Aftertaste - Black fruit continues, long finish, tannins fade, minerality continues - 2.5/3
Overall - Great fruity wine, complex, well balanced - 2/2
Note - This wine evaluation is based on the American Wine Society 20-point wine judging criteria, then interpolated into a 100-point score.
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11/24/2018 - RockyII Likes this wine: 92 Points
Notes at 4 hour decant mark. Deep opaque garnet purple. Nose and taste of smoke, ash, blackberries, oak and a little fried onion strings. Some bitterness holds the score down. Dusty dry tannins and medium acidity. Medium plus body. About 92.
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11/6/2017 - Blauweiss Likes this wine: 91 Points
A nice, solid Napa Cab, in a rather elegant version. Nice fruit and good balance, clean. Drink from now and five years.
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