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TOR Cabernet Sauvignon Cimarossa Vineyard

Tasted 15 February 2016 Napa Valley · Howell Mountain

PnP with very tight notes of unripe blackberry, black licorice, and stone. Into the decanter it went for 2-3 hours. Much improvement, but the best didn't come until the final sips in the glass...about 4 hours after…

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1 July 2018 Served alongside a 2012 Fleury BDX, also from Howell Mountain, which was a little more structure driven and less giving in the dark core fruit flavor… 14 April 2018 Flawed indeed... Cedar, alcohol, black currant. The best part was the Twilight Zone experience that I had just after I took a sip (and a whiff) of… 17 January 2018 Same as previous notes. Usually in that 95-96+ category for me. This was almost there, but developed a bit of a plumy tinge on the back end after a… 8 January 2018 Similar to all of my previous notes. This is coming back around to the epic showing it had a year ago. A seamlessness continues to develop on this… 31 July 2017 Wine is a funny thing. Four months ago I drank a bottle and it was just oozing black fruit elixir. It was a 98/99 point production the likes of which… 17 March 2017 One of the best Tor wines I've had in a long time, and possibly ever (even more so than the BTKs of the past). This was a PnP at a restaurant. From… 14 August 2016 Unbelievable showing this time around. Similar to my specific tasting notes six months ago in terms of specific flavors, except that the black…
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TOR Cabernet Sauvignon Cimarossa Vineyard

Napa Valley · Howell Mountain

This was pretty balled-up this go-around. Before it finally got around to delivering some of its more familiar flavors, it had spent at least an hour or two in the decanter unbundling itself. Still,…

Reviewed 8 September 2019
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