Last Tasted 2/93 My notes have been all over the fence with respect to this wine. In this tasting it revealed a spicy, oaky nose with an absence of fruit. In the mouth, the tannin, mint and curranty fruit, and moderate extract are dominated by the wine's structure. Although impressively colored, it is lean, hard, and unyielding. The question is, is there enough depth to balance out the tannin?

Last Tasted 2/93My notes have been all over the fence with respect to this wine. In this tasting it revealed a spicy, oaky nose with an absence of fruit. In the mouth, the tannin, mint and curranty fruit, and moderate extract are dominated by the wine's structure. Although impressively colored, it is lean, hard, and unyielding. The question is, is there enough depth to balance out the tannin?

With complex aromas and similarly complex cedar, currant, earth and mushroom flavors, it's very good, well balanced, dry and tannic, coming up a bit short on depth of flavor. Can age further, though the risk is the fruit will diminish.--1989 California Cabernet retrospective. Drink now through 2004. -JL