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Santa Rita Casa Real Cabernet Sauvignon(2001)

This medium to dark ruby-colored Cabernet Sauvignon Casa Real was produced from 32-46 year old vines. It bursts from the glass with violets, lilies, blueberries, cherries, blackberries, and buttery oak. Its Margaux-like personality is medium to full-bodied, rich, and lush. A myriad of ripe dark fruits are interspersed with toasty oak in this intense, powerful wine. Its character brings to mind a hypothetical blend of Bordeaux and Napa Valley, with an elegantly structured, juicy core of fruit being married with a plush, muscular, opulent quality. This wine's impressively long finish read more...
Wine.com
June 2007
This medium to dark ruby-colored Cabernet Sauvignon Casa Real was produced from 32-46 year old vines. It bursts from the glass with violets, lilies, blueberries, cherries, blackberries, and buttery oak. Its Margaux-like personality is medium to full-bodied, rich, and lush. A myriad of ripe dark fruits are interspersed with toasty oak in this intense, powerful wine. Its character brings to mind a hypothetical blend of Bordeaux and Napa Valley, with an elegantly structured, juicy core of fruit being married with a plush, muscular, opulent quality. This wine's impressively long finish read more...
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Wine Skinny
February 2008
May 2008
A great example of how well Santa Rita's upper-tier wines can age, this one has smoothed out a bit and has taken on a lusher quality than when it was first released. Rich, ripe blackberry and currant flavors, with roasted coffee, bittersweet chocolate and sweet, smoky earthy notes that fold together on a long finish. Ready to drink now and over the next four or five years.
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Decanter
4/5
May 2008
One from the old school, this is an appealing, complex blend of yeasty, meaty character with dried fruit, sweet spice and a long presence. Drink up to 2007.
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Wine Enthusiast
92/100
May 2007
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The Wine Advocate
94/100
July 2007
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