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2012

Herb Lamb Cabernet Sauvignon HL

Tasted 21 April 2015 California · Napa Valley

Tasted at the Herb Lamb release and again at Taj Campton SF. Complex notes of cool black and purple fruits, burnt embers, coffee, and cocoa. Not yet fully expressive, but shows promise in a tightly coiled complexity of…

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2014

Herb Lamb Cabernet Sauvignon HL Reserve

California · Napa Valley

I'm not entirely sure why you would make a Reserve version of this wine in 2014, but ok. An ever-so-slight improvement from the original version in terms of depth, but otherwise this is the same wine…

Reviewed 24 February 2018
2014

Herb Lamb Cabernet Sauvignon HL

California · Napa Valley

Medium-bodied and agreeable notes of black and dark red core fruit; some earth, spice, and dark chocolate to add a mediocre amount of interest. Otherwise, another fairly basic and pedestrian version…

Reviewed 24 February 2018
2011

Herb Lamb Cabernet Sauvignon HL

California · Napa Valley

Ok, so I seriously have to call out any used car salesman who tells me there is anything even remotely redeemable here beyond a rancid, broken soul of a core in this wine. Huge, inflammatory blasts…

Reviewed 24 February 2018
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