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Colgin Ix Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Estate(2002)

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Winery:: Colgin
Varietal:: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:: USA > California > Napa
Type:: Red Wine
User Tags:: berry, fruit, mediterranean fruits, red grape, mocha, blackberry, concentrated, structure, rich, bramble fruits

US $595.00

Good full ruby. Hugely complex, somewhat exotic aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, blueberry, plum, mocha, minerals and woodsmoke. Suave, lush, thick and seamless, yet with plenty of inner-palate energy. Very concentrated flavor of creme de cassis, with notes of exotic spices and soy sauce. Finishes with big, chewy, sweet tannins and great breadth. From vines in their third leaf, cropped at just a half-ton an acre.

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Stephen Tanzer: International Wine Cellar; Issue 120, May/June 2005; 95/100

September 2007

($165; from soil that Mark Aubert describes as "60% rocks") Good full ruby. Hugely complex, somewhat exotic aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, blueberry, plum, mocha, minerals and woodsmoke. Suave, lush, thick and seamless, yet with plenty of inner-palate energy. Very concentrated flavor of creme de cassis, with notes of exotic spices and soy sauce. Finishes with big, chewy, sweet tannins and great breadth. From vines in their third leaf, cropped at just a half-ton an acre. I underestimated this wine when I tasted it from barrel a year ago.

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