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2016 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon, USA, California, Napa, Rutherford, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2016
Score: 
100
Grade: 
A+
Current Price: 
$790.00USD

Wow. An incredible wine. it is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa, California. Inky purple in color, opaque and shimmering bright. The nose is great with cassis, graphite, cedar, blueberries, spices and dark chocolate. Full bodied. Firm tannins. This is young but starting to develop nicely. Great balance and energy. On the palate, flavors of cassis, blueberries, chocolate, char and slight cigar. Long finish. Complex and layered, it opens quickly in the glass. This will continue to evolve but is a masterpiece right now. Drink over the next twenty to thirty years.

Turnbull 2021 Oakville Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage: 
2021
Score: 
94
Grade: 
A
Current Price: 
$110.00USD

When Turnbull launched in 1979 it was with the goal of producing excellent Cabernet Sauvignon. Of course, at the time there was a lot of excellent Cabernet in the market. But as many Napa Cabernets chose to make enormous and heavy-handed wines, Turnbull chose a different direction. The craftsmanship of this is an homage to Old-School Napa Cabernet - those wines not often made anymore that truly prized the plot of land and extolled the fruit over the use of high brix and lots of oak. So if you want to taste Cabernet the way it used to be, this will complement any occasion.

2019 Jaffurs Syrah Thompson Vineyard, USA, California, Santa Barbara, Alisos Canyon, Wine Review

Vintage: 
2019
Score: 
92
Grade: 
A-
Current Price: 
$55.00USD

This was surprisingly tight and after opening, it was recorked and consumed the following  evening.  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is deep with black raspberries, milk chocolate, black pepper, slight violets and slight roasted herbs.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  On the palate, this is drinking nicely but not a huge Syrah.  Plenty of ripeness though.  Flavors of black raspberries, milk chocolate, and spice.  Slight char.  Good finish.  This drinks well on its own and would  work well with spiced meats or fowl.  Drink over the next five to eight years.  

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