Dark, opaque, indigo in color. Dark cherry, blackberry, coffee, anise and nutmeg on the palate. Bold and fruit forward, full bodied with grippy tannins. Medium finish. This improves significantly with a 4 hour decant. Although this is certainly within the drinking window, significant air is needed to tame the tannins. Really nice with a mushroom covered tenderloin.
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Definite improvement over our prior bottle four years ago. More ready to drink without significant air. Big and bold, typical Diamond Mountain characteristics. Still early in its life.
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Full of dark black and blue fruit with quite a bit of oaky vanilla on the palate. A very good wine on its own but compared to two bottles of Diamond Creek, this was a bit one dimensional. Still plenty of tannin so this could improve over the next 4 or 5 years.
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5/16/2021 - Heff#1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
A fine 9 year old Napa cab. Smooth. Understated. Balanced.
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11/21/2020 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark, opaque, indigo in color. Dark cherry, blackberry, coffee, anise and nutmeg on the palate. Bold and fruit forward, full bodied with grippy tannins. Medium finish. This improves significantly with a 4 hour decant. Although this is certainly within the drinking window, significant air is needed to tame the tannins. Really nice with a mushroom covered tenderloin.
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11/14/2020 - Coachron13 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Definite improvement over our prior bottle four years ago. More ready to drink without significant air. Big and bold, typical Diamond Mountain characteristics. Still early in its life.
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4/30/2020 - Sulfur16 wrote: 96 Points
Superb!
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12/24/2018 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 88 Points
Full of dark black and blue fruit with quite a bit of oaky vanilla on the palate. A very good wine on its own but compared to two bottles of Diamond Creek, this was a bit one dimensional. Still plenty of tannin so this could improve over the next 4 or 5 years.
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