Winery - Robert Mondavi
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a harsh edge of acidic, green sharpness to this wine. It’s bone dry, with very modest blackberry fruit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Powerful aromas of oak, oriental spice and citrus, especially lemon, dominate. Citrus flavors are powerful, too. This is a lean, tart wine layered with lavish oak. Don’t look for tropical fruit in this El Niño wine, but it’s stylish and elegant.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet and soft, with apricot, peach and butterscotch flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Gets the Cabernet job done with sweetish blackberry and black currant flavors, tinged with oak-like notes. But it’s a fundamentally uninteresting wine, even at this price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tastes flashy and important, a Cab to drink now or cellar for a few years. Ripe blackcurrant and cherry-infused fruit has been well-oaked, adding smoke and sweet vanilla flavors, while the mouthfeel is smooth and velvety. Keeps you reaching back for another glass.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Pretty good price for an everyday Cabernet-based wine with some nice fruity flavors. Shows blackberries, black cherries and black currants, and is dry and spicy.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a wine of sophistication for those who like their whites ultradry and with some prickly acidity. The flavors are light but pleasant, suggesting grapefruit, melon and fig. Mondavi’s Fumé is especially notable for its balance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very soft and a little sweet, this Cab shows forward flavors of black cherries and blackberries, and some sharp, edgy tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very tight nose, with blackberry, coffee and cocoa notes, this is a big wine that shows great intensity and depth. Quite closed now, the dark profile keeps its cards close to the vest. One thing for sure: this is definitely one for the cellar. The finish is lengthy, with brisk tannins as well as espresso and bitter-chocolate notes. Hold for eight to ten years; this wine should keep til 2020.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Simple but clean, this Pinot shows good varietal character in the light body, dry finish, crisp acids and flavors of cola, smoked cherries and peppery spices.
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