Wines of Substance, LLC

Cs Washington State Cabernet Sauvignon

Lani Murray

9.0

Dry and oaky. Costco. — 2 months ago

Ridge Vineyards

Estate Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2017

Mark S.

9.0

Stable good US CS. Black currant and oak. 2017 @2400, wine plus - R&C, 220827-220901 — 2 years ago

Doubleback

Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Mark Turner

9.2

Zoom event with Drew Bledsoe and Josh McDaniels. Vertical from ‘07, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘17 estate, and ‘18. All were exceptionally smooth and silky with good depth of fruit. Notes on the ‘18: 90% CS, 5% Malbec, 5% Merlot. Least favorite of the night. Still a good wine but perhaps a bit too young, or just different enough from the others that I liked ones with a bit more age. This wine had a little more density than the others and perhaps a little more earth and graphite coming through that masked the fruit. It still had the classic doubleback elegance of the others but I felt we were not seeing this wine’s true expression. It only had about 1 hour in the glass and perhaps I need to pull another bottle, decant for a few hours and see what it does. — 4 years ago

with Jared, Aaron and 1 other

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Eric Urbani

@Mark Turner I double decant these. How was the ‘07? And go Pats!

Mark Turner

@Eric Urbani I thought the ‘07 was drinking great. I had several bottles over the years and it has lost some of its bravado. It was a very smooth, elegant wine but I plan to drink the remainder in my cellar over the next 2-3 years. I don’t see it holding up for another 10.

Joel Gott Wines

815 California Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Matthew Doty

8.9

Solid CS, 2019 vintage — a year ago

Heitz Cellar

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Paco Suro

9.1

Always a great go to CS from Napa. Hoping it stays consistent in the years to come. — 3 years ago

Eric, Vanessa and 3 others liked this

Écluse

Ensemble Lock Vineyard Petit Verdot Blend 2015

Ming L

9.0

The 15’ bottling sees Petit Verdot leading this Bordeaux blend at 32%, with 26% CS, 26% Merlot, 13% CF, and 3% Malbec.
Complex and deep nose of blackberry, cassis, fig, dry pine cone, dark soy source, butterscotch, thyme, black pepper, with hint of violet. The palate, while delicious and smooth, lacks the depth I expected. Finely grained tannins lead to a long peppery finish.
377 cases made. — 4 years ago

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Château Golan

Royal Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Sagee Aran

9.0

Classic. All in place. Velvety, some acidity is missing. A ripe CS. — 2 years ago

John liked this

Golan Heights Winery

Yarden Galilee Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Sagee Aran

9.2

2017 vintage. A textbook CS. Powerful but not overwhelming, good color nose and palate. — 4 years ago

Iwan, Ericsson and 5 others liked this

Margalit

Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Sagee Aran

9.3

2014 vintage. A blend of CS and Petit Syrah from the Kadita vineyard in Upper Gallilee. Dark inky color with black berries nose and a matured dry plum note. Smooth and balanced. We had it during a barbecue and probably have missed some of the attributes of this fine wine. — 4 years ago

Ericsson, Dennis and 1 other liked this

Duckhorn Vineyards

Three Palms Vineyard Merlot 1983

Doug Powers

9.1

Classic older Napa Merlot, the CS really shows and still provides very nice structure, admittedly a leaner Napa vintage, but still fresh and nicely balanced w/acidity, solid 3 Palms!! — 5 years ago

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