Robert Mondavi Winery
Reserve Unfiltered Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
One more example of why I obsess over 1991 California cabs. Your nose is greeted with the whiff of an antique furniture store that soon gives way to red fruit, cedar and earth. The first thing you notice when you start to drink this gem is the vibrant acidity. The palate follows the nose only to be joined by slow resolving tannins. You cannot ask for a more graceful package.
One more example of why I obsess over 1991 California cabs. Your nose is greeted with the whiff of an antique furniture store that soon gives way to red fruit, cedar and earth. The first thing you notice when you start to drink this gem is the vibrant acidity. The palate follows the nose only to be joined by slow resolving tannins. You cannot ask for a more graceful package.
Dec 31st, 2023
Dark tawny, opaque. Not showing it’s age at all. Bright fruit forward nose. Notes of currants, violets, moist dark earth, ripe plum, some menthol and some hoisin sauce. Still full of vigor in the mouth. A bit of a dry finish is the only fault I have with this. Drink now and over next 10 years.
Dark tawny, opaque. Not showing it’s age at all. Bright fruit forward nose. Notes of currants, violets, moist dark earth, ripe plum, some menthol and some hoisin sauce. Still full of vigor in the mouth. A bit of a dry finish is the only fault I have with this. Drink now and over next 10 years.
Sep 28th, 2020Quite the treat! Wouldn’t hold it any longer.
Quite the treat! Wouldn’t hold it any longer.
Jul 28th, 2020Dark tawny, opaque. A little reddish amber in the rims. Great nose right out of the gate. Notes of plum, black cherry, currants, cedar floors and a little sweet cranberry. Silky smooth in the mouth. Tannins integrated but there is still great structure and mouth feel which builds with air. In a great window right now but bottles like this will go for at least 10 more years.
Dark tawny, opaque. A little reddish amber in the rims. Great nose right out of the gate. Notes of plum, black cherry, currants, cedar floors and a little sweet cranberry. Silky smooth in the mouth. Tannins integrated but there is still great structure and mouth feel which builds with air. In a great window right now but bottles like this will go for at least 10 more years.
Mar 6th, 2019
Very open, rich and complex, blackberry, tobacco, cedar, hints of savory herbs with a wonderful palate coating texture and density. The finish is long and persistent. Beautiful.
Very open, rich and complex, blackberry, tobacco, cedar, hints of savory herbs with a wonderful palate coating texture and density. The finish is long and persistent. Beautiful.
Jan 6th, 2019
Monthly WTF wine group. Special event this month as Ben provided all ‘80s Napa cabs. A few of us chipped in and provided some whites/bubbly.
Pulled out randomly at the end of the night and ended up stealing the show. In my opinion, this tied the JPhelps for WOTN. This showed more fruit than the Phelps. Where the JPhelps went more Bordeaux, this was one of the rare Napa cabs to retain an insane amount of fruit at 31yrs young. Blind, I would have guessed late ‘90s/early ‘00s based on the red and black purity of fruit. What a treat.
Monthly WTF wine group. Special event this month as Ben provided all ‘80s Napa cabs. A few of us chipped in and provided some whites/bubbly.
Pulled out randomly at the end of the night and ended up stealing the show. In my opinion, this tied the JPhelps for WOTN. This showed more fruit than the Phelps. Where the JPhelps went more Bordeaux, this was one of the rare Napa cabs to retain an insane amount of fruit at 31yrs young. Blind, I would have guessed late ‘90s/early ‘00s based on the red and black purity of fruit. What a treat.
Second bottle, just as good as the first
Second bottle, just as good as the first
Sep 30th, 2018Elegant and refined. These old Mondavi’s are really special stuff
Elegant and refined. These old Mondavi’s are really special stuff
Sep 30th, 2018