Fruit Bomb

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1988

Medium ruby , terracotta , garnet rim . Quite aromatic , with cedar , tobacco , leafy redcurrant , blackcurrant , wet earth. Slightly rounded and red fruit focused sous bois on the palate , quite high acidity , but refined and red fruit focused. Slightly green tannins , but overall reasonable mineral tinged length . This is at peak , leafy but charming — 5 days ago

Andrew, Tom and 7 others liked this

Silver Oak

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Napa style cab; fruit forward, smooth;
Delicious
— 19 days ago

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

@"Odedi" comments below are spot on. Gave this bottle 2 hours decant and it was drinking very well. Very approachable, a lighter Napa cab, very well balanced with just ripe dark fruit, medium plush tannins, med acidity. Drinking very well. Really enjoyable. Can’t wait to watch this evolve with many more years left. — 13 days ago

Douglas, Ira and 5 others liked this
Paul K

Paul K

@"Odedi" is the man! Always great reviews!

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

First Dominus. Vegetal, blue fruited nose. Tannins nicely integrated and alive, with some ripeness on the fruit. Beautiful — 12 days ago

Pooneet, Jan and 3 others liked this

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Grippy and intense. Blue fruit, plum, tobacco hints and pomegranate. Good — 21 days ago

Bex Green
with Bex
Shay, Jan and 14 others liked this

Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

Very nice with some tannins, subtle fruit, and blueberries — 17 days ago

Steve Pacini
with Steve
Tom liked this

Caymus Vineyards

Special Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Super sweet and oaky on first open but matured up with a 3 hour decant

Still quite fruity but with steak, it gives a lot of red berry fruit and the oak is reasonable and the sweetness is gone with the airtime.

Overall good wine but I thought it lost out to the Paul Hobbs LPV ‘14.
— 18 days ago

Bob, Andrew and 3 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Medium ruby , terracotta /garnet rim. Quite round and ripe , red plum , cigar and ripe blackberry, touch of soy . Touch of cocoa , blackberry and ripe dark cherry , black tea . Quite sweet , rich on the palate, generous for Las Cases , slightly dried fruit , fig and red plum . Pretty decent length , balanced but quite discreet acidity , rounded tannins . This is at peak now and I don’t see much up side from here , so best to drink over the next 5 years or so, though it did hold up in the glass quite well . Atypical for Las Cases with its ripe fruit, quite low acidity , sweet tannin: also this only has 42% Cabernet Sauvignon. Overall probably the least successful of the wines in this tasting , but the level overall was very high. — 9 days ago

Daniel, Jan and 11 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Really elegant wine. Fruit is black and blue and ripe. Medium + acidity and tannins. Tannins are soft and silky. Lovely long finish. Fantastic wine. — 3 days ago

Paul liked this

Corison

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Still packing a tannic punch, fruit is very much in the background. A little disjointed at this point? Will wait a while on my other bottles. This was my favorite vintage at first taste. — 8 days ago

Ira and Tom liked this