Cain, Concept The Benchland, Napa Valley
Cain · California › Napa Valley › United States of America
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
90
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23
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90.4
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96
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Taster #7614
· May 17, 2022
Unfortunately corked. Happens.
2009 vintage
Taster #2756
· Dec 5, 2020
89/100
Decent wine but way over priced.
2009 vintage
Taster #5515
· Oct 28, 2020
91/100
Nice full bodied, "what is right with Napa". Tertiary coming in on the nose, but palate still mostly primary. Tannins there but settling down. Some black pepper and blue/black fruits, finishes more cacao. Very good, not great. Relative to the rest of Napa, a good value; but absolute value is just okay (assuming $60). Drinking very nicely now, but the drinking window is still open for at least 5 years.
2009 vintage
Taster #3440
· Oct 25, 2020
92/100
significantly better than the last bottle. nice mature bdx blend. cork was an issue so used an ah-so
2009 vintage
Taster #1273
· Aug 12, 2020
92/100
More oaky than bretty. Restrained fruit, maybe a bit green/underripe with a sharp finish - but super interesting and pretty well balanced overall. Seems like it could have continued to age for a while just fine.
2009 vintage
Taster #3304
· May 13, 2020
90/100
Lo and behold! Bottles 1 and 2 were a sad surprise, see previous comment. Now on bottle no. 3, the wine is as should be. Good balance, slightly faded fruit, some tobacco and leather. Confirming bottle variation noted by other users. Did not decant. Cork falls apart. Bottle 4 just as good.
2009 vintage
Taster #3304
· May 12, 2020
80/100
Bottles 1 and 2 of 4. I was way too late for this one, crumbling cork. Fruit gone, flat palate. Did not age as expected. But see bottle 3!
2009 vintage
Taster #8003
· Apr 5, 2020
88/100
1st of 3 bottles in the cellar and I'm hoping my experience was just an issue of bottle variation like previous reviewers have remarked. I decanted for 2 hours but the initial reaction was closed bouquet and on the attack is some unresolved tannin and oak monster. Aromas: Definitely give this guy some time in air. About 3 hours in, the fruit started to show with some of that famed Cain greenness/bell pepper characteristic but not much. I want to …
2009 vintage
Taster #1041
· Feb 5, 2020
89/100
Bottle variation continues with this wine. This was bottle 4 of 6 in my cellar. Better than the last bottle several months ago. The funk wasn’t overpowering but rather interesting. Regardless, I wouldn’t buy these again because I simply can’t trust a consistent experience.
2009 vintage
Taster #5202
· Jan 7, 2020
92/100
Black fruit, herbal notes, cassis, cedar, minerality and smokey oak. A-/A
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Taster #9000
· Oct 25, 2019
Good balance wine with hint of cigar
2009 vintage
Taster #1041
· Aug 21, 2019
87/100
Seemed more vegetal tonight than the last few bottles. The fruit seems to have faded in this bottle. I think we are past this wine's prime and there is bottle variation to boot. Doesn't help that we drank it after a much younger Napa cult cab of better pedigree.
2009 vintage
Taster #1041
· Jul 9, 2019
92/100
Super herbal funk upon opening, so much so I thought the bottle may have been spoiled. After an hr, it had completely blown off and it was a fantastic and interesting cab. One of the widest decanting swings I’ve experienced in a wine.
2009 vintage
Taster #8614
· Jan 25, 2019
96/100
day two better than day one this is singing
2009 vintage
Taster #8614
· Jan 24, 2019
95/100
had a bottle at a restaurant and loved it so bought some from the winery. there is still time on the drinking window - the wine is balanced and smooth and for me no bitter after taste, it drinks great now ..I may be an easy "scorer" by this wine is certainly a 91-92+ right now all who were at the restaurant with me raved as well
2009 vintage
Taster #8317
· Jan 17, 2019
92/100
Hold
2009 vintage
Taster #3440
· Dec 9, 2018
89/100
solid napa bdx blend, but pretty poor qpr. everything has come together nicely, but it lacks a bit of a punch. mostly red fruit. drink over the next few 1-2 years
2009 vintage
Taster #6086
· Sep 25, 2018
92/100
Actually from my cellar not a friends. This wine is ripe and ready. Very few tannins now. Mellow blended flavors of blackberry, subtle tobacco. Long finish. I have a few more and will finish over the next year or two
2009 vintage
Taster #8317
· May 26, 2018
92/100
Beautiful and developed. Will cellar well.
2009 vintage
Taster #3755
· Feb 18, 2018
92/100
None of the Cain green pepper. Not as tannic as we expected.
2009 vintage
Taster #2004
· Jan 12, 2018
89/100
Quiet, earthy and petrol nose. Tobacco and dark berry flavor with a charcoal finish. Still a lot of tannins, and not fully balanced. Another few years in the cellar couldn’t hurt.
2009 vintage
Taster #9279
· Jun 11, 2017
91/100
:30 decant and it sings. '09 is in a great place now. Goes down reeaaalll easy.
2009 vintage
Taster #8317
· May 7, 2016
91/100
Drinking quite nice right now
2009 vintage
Taster #5637
· May 6, 2016
88/100
Young, could age a little, it's a nice subtle blend, very creative, bold to the smell. Berries, very short finish, soft tannins, goes well with heavy food or pizza with meat on it. The bouquet is beautiful, but a little disappointing if was expecting big and bold. I got what I paid out of it, enjoyable, not necessarily over the top.
2009 vintage
Taster #0830
· Jul 12, 2015
90/100
This was another case of drinking a young wine too young. And a wine that just didn't want to "give it up"! I don't know that it's ever gonna turn into a fruit bomb, so whatever the opposite of that is, is what this is. Great oak, earth and tannin. The fruit is hiding and my never come out. Just so you know what you're getting into here. Should have had it with a massive cheese and charcuterie plate.
2009 vintage