2018 Atlas Peak Cabernet Sauvignon Atlas Peak

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  6/7/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  10% Petite Verdot from Anderson Valley. And that shows on the nose and all the palate. Tastes like Atlas Peak, which is not a compliment. Although if the woman sitting across from me is actually the young winemaker, she will be one to watch.

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  6/21/2022 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Retail $80. Heavy bottle. DIAM5. Fairly dark in the glass with a brooding, brambly nose of blackberry, plum, and black pepper. Even with some time open, this wine was shy, almost reclusive in the glass, but it was clear that there would be plenty to admire on the palate. Indeed. While the similarities to the slightly less expressive Atlas Peak Cab are many, this iteration, from the Atlas Peak appellation (yeah, it’s confusing) is richer, more expressive, more “vervy” (is that a word?). Plenty of depth and intrigue here: fruit, tartness, balance. The only element that is lacking would be tannins—they are integrated and silky smooth, so no need to cellar this puppy! Drink up! Outstanding.
  
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