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2013

Venge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Bone Ash Vineyard

Tasted 18 December 2015 Napa Valley · Calistoga

A lot going on here, with in-your-face flavors of black and blue berries, black raspberry, blackberry, black licorice, dark cacao, white chocolate, chocolate covered blueberry, cassis, asphalt/tar, and granite/pumice.

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9 June 2022 Though there was a certain group who preferred the 2016 Venge served next to the 2013, I appreciated the extra tension the 2013 provided. For me, the… 1 January 2020 This wine continues to own the dance floor with its dark fruit core and striking black mineral elements that offer so much endurance throughout… 22 February 2019 Black, black, black fruit, with black wet burnt cedar, tar, scorched earth, and black rock. Extraordinarily complex, with the best of Venge's often… 21 July 2018 Same as last month's note. Drinking good now, but another year+ might do it well. Hold until late 2019/2020+. 16 June 2018 This wine wiped the floor over the other wines at the table. In its class, it and a '14 Bevan Ontogeny were the WOTN. Powerful and concentrated,… 21 December 2017 Same as previous notes. The first two hours were filled with huge fruit and some slaps of alcohol (most similar to my last experience with this… 17 March 2017 Same as all of my previous notes. This was its usual big, bold, almost over the top, fruit in your face type of Cabernet. I still find quite a bit of… 18 October 2016 It's been about 6 months since I last had this wine. Specific flavors were identical to my notes back then. PnP was an explosion of fruit-forward and… 5 March 2016 Tasted side by side with the 2013 Venge Reserve Cabernet. Both were top notch Napa reds with reasonable QPRs considering what's in the bottle. They…
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2016

Venge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Bone Ash Vineyard

Napa Valley · Calistoga

Boy oh boy, here we go with the blackberry biggin of biggins. I was instantly reminded of the 2019 Bevan Crane, with the oak and the coffee and the riiiiich berry fruit.and the oak. I suppose there…

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Venge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Bone Ash Vineyard

Napa Valley · Calistoga

Though there was a certain group who preferred the 2016 Venge served next to the 2013, I appreciated the extra tension the 2013 provided. For me, the 2013 and 2016 couldn't be more different. For…

Reviewed 9 June 2022
2015

Venge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Family Reserve

Napa Valley · Oakville

Big, ripe, and slightly plummy on entry, this fruit monster needs some air to really find its glide. Black cherry and vanillin cassis flavors tiger-paw other behind-the-scene notes of soil and char…

Reviewed 4 September 2020
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