Groth, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville

I am pleasantly surprised with this wine - it was excellent. slight bricking, integrated tannins, leather, cedar, and vibrant red fruits. This wine is drinking excellent right now

1997 vintage

Starting to reach maturity. Displays a dull, deep ruby color. Spicy red currant, ripe black cherry, savory plum, drying tobacco, creamy dark chocolate, green undertones, and mulch infused earth. Completely integrated, well balanced, and tasty. Very ripe. Medium plus finish. Did well with the Salisbury steak. If the structure can maintain, this should cellar through 2027+.

2012 vintage

Very acid dominated. Try a 2 hour decanting.

2012 vintage

Pleasantly surprised. ‘97s have been fairly consistent as they’ve aged (not sure they’ve reached the hype of expectations, but some have), and this being a low-barrier to entry purchase from a reputable producer made it an easy choice to acquire. Followed over a few hours from bottle and it held strong. Faded color with the red core starting to dull. Quick whiff of some VA, but it dissipated quickly. Aromatics of old pipe tobacco, fig and brambly red fruits. Old …

1997 vintage

A bit rough… not even a good for a low end house wine… consumable but not preferred in my taste.

2012 vintage

Definitely past prime but still enjoyable. good fruit. Tannins almost gone. Certainly drinkable but not the big wine it ince was.

1997 vintage

Amazing

1997 vintage

Dried chili pepper, fresh cracked black pepper, dried tobacco, menthol, prunes and raisins on the nose. Medium + intensity of aromas, which change to high intensity after an hour in the glass. This smells like everything I look for in aged Califronia CS. The palate adds smokd meat and tomato leaf, and brings the fruits back to life a bit. They're fresher, and black cherry and blueberry flavors are added. Medium + intensity of flavors. Even so, the nose is …

1986 vintage

Is what it is..not overly complicated but certainly quaff able. Drink now thru 2025/7

2012 vintage

Fantastic

2012 vintage

Still drinking well. Blackberry and plum on the palate. Smooth. Nice, smooth slightly spicy finish.

2012 vintage

88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot; 22 months in French oak, 65% new. Stood for 2 weeks, decant (2hrs.) for large and small sediment. Fragrant on opening. Nose of cherries to start with some fine perfume leading to layers of dark fruit. Cherry, currants and a touch of licorice to begin. Overall a fine Napa cab just coming into it's own. After an hour or so in the glass, some bracing tannins begin to show, a welcome addition. Long life ahead …

2012 vintage

Dark Ruby Color Musty earthy nose. Blackberry dark cherry. Tannins have smoothed out pretty well. Nice wine.

2012 vintage

Tasted thin and acidic when opened. Decanted, finished half at supper, closed and left overnight. At supper the next day, absolutely delicious. Soft, some tannin remaining, superb with grilled steak.

1986 vintage

Coravin over three nights. Able to drink while cooking. Smooth and delicious

2012 vintage

Highly recommend, especially for lovers of big Napa cabernets. 100% cabernet sauvignon. Poured at a wine education event for a group of nurse practitioners that Kim & I hosted after a medical talk I gave. Mature and peaking. Drink or hold - drinking well right now and right now I would recommend at least a 60-90 minute decant but with proper cellaring this has years to go and may well hit 94 points+. A good QPR wine at our acquisition …

2012 vintage

This has been better. There was a strong rubbery flavor that I hadn't detected in previous bottles, the acidity is still quite high, and the flavors haven't opened up at all. I am hoping that this is a difficult adolescent stage and so will leave my other two bottles in the dark for another few years.

2012 vintage

pristine cork; still impenetrably dark colour; nicely resolved, polished cassis, dark fruit; definitely not bombastic; probably at/past peak

1997 vintage

Dark ruby with slow legs. Cherry and blackberry on the nose. Moderate mouth feel. Cherry, plum, dark fruit, and spice on the palate. Almost no tannins. Cherry and spice on the moderately long finish. The bottle improved over two hours (and then it was gone!). Nice treat for Christmas dinner.

2012 vintage

drank this while 15 miles inside the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana, and it was absolutely fantastic around the camp fire... no notes but great stuff

2012 vintage

Still tastes good, even beyond the recommended consumption date. Oaky notes with balanced tannins. Cork was dry, crumbling even with an ah-so.

1997 vintage

lovely, complex nose of dark berries, cherry, some wood. Grippy tannin, nice acid to compliment the fruit on the palate, cherry showing very long on the finish. delicious and in a great spot, well balanced

2012 vintage

Might be peaking now.

2012 vintage

Terrific wine. Drinking so well right now in Dec 2020. Decanted an hour and drank over the next 2. Intense Nose of dense blue and black fruit, some Secondary herbs/sweet spices, and wet earth. It is showing primary, secondary, and tertiary flavors. Smooth, soft tannins, and the concentration is very impressive and it’s a full bodied, mouth filling wine. I love a good Groth reserve, but this isn’t far behind in its complexity at half the price. we Paired with …

2012 vintage

Solid Napa Cab in it's drinking window and evolving nicely!

2012 vintage

We opened this as a late-night and perhaps unnecessary Thanksgiving wine, and it seemed thin and green. So we poured it back into the bottle and drank it the following night. It still had the green notes but was more coherent and satisfying. (If you want a rich, fruity California Cab, open something else.) Drinkable now -- though we would advise a long decanting -- and it may continue to improve with age.

2012 vintage

Still going strong.

1997 vintage

Really enjoyed and in a nice drinking window right now. Drank alongside a 2012 Chateau Montelena and this was better. More complex, longer finish and more structure. Paired with grilled dry aged strip, creamed corn and hashbrown taters.

2012 vintage

Decanted for an hour. Drank over 2 more. Wine develops over the time. Definitely better at 2-3 hrs.... Dry wine, with dry fruit flavors. It does have an earthy base, but thats fine. I found the wine very drinkable and even.

2012 vintage

No early decanting. Beautiful balance and ample fruit still evident. Black cherries and cassis. Drinking wonderfully.

1986 vintage

Should have decanted...story of my life.

2012 vintage

It’s interesting to read other reviews as I don’t have a previous bottle to compare this to. I tried it at the winery several years ago and I don’t recall it tasting like it does now. Currently it’s got a significant musty tone with leather and smoky notes. I don’t remember it being like this, and while it’s still very drinkable, it’s not the profile that I like from a Napa cab. I agree with some others that I believe …

2012 vintage

This may have peaked a couple of years ago. Still good but def not as good as previous tastings.

2012 vintage

Wholly unimpressive. Had this at the winery back in '14 and bought this bottle then. Whatever I gave this back then, that was its peak. This has gone down hill big time.......unimpressive fruit, unimpressive depth and length, too. I guess it could just be shutdown, but I probably would give this away to some unsuspecting neighbor if I had any left........

2012 vintage

Drinking very well after an hour decant. Lots of currant flavors with the right amount of oak. Very well balanced! Another example of why you should cellar your wine and let it get better!

2012 vintage

Wonderful

1997 vintage

dark garnet color. Nose herbal ... perhaps a bit green ... but also showing dark fruit. Medium body, showing more acid than tannin. Suspect it might have been acidified back in the day given the texture. Drinkable, but not particularly attractive. I like old Napa cabs, but this one is drinkable but not memorable.

1986 vintage

Over the peak. Very green on the nose. Palate is very sweet but lacks acidity. One dimensional.

1986 vintage

This is a wonderful wine that is still drinking well 19 years later. Rich and earthy, with complex herb, currant, sage and cedar oak notes that come together nicely finishing with a nice long aftertaste on the palate. I would say it still had a few years left. The most difficult issue was the cork despite decent storage on it's side had a very dry cork that required decanting through my mesh strainer but still tasted wonderful with a nice …

1997 vintage

An experiment... Brownish purple and perhaps a touch murky. Nose dominated by Madiera aromas, orange peel and walnuts. But still sweet and soft, enjoyable to drink. This bottle had a very dry cork and perhaps air got in. 87 if one wanted to score it.

1986 vintage

Starting to fade but still a beautiful wine. Tannins completely integrated, loads of dark fruit - blueberry, plum and earth.

1997 vintage

Somewhat disappointing based on memories of a previous tasting. Tart and astringent which overwhelms the fading fruit. Has some claret features of cedar and leather.

1997 vintage

I had the occasion to try a number of 100 point wines a few days before having this wine. This one blew all of them away, even though it was not the Reserve. Most of the tasting notes suggest it is beyond its prime, but the bottle I had was struttin' its stuff! Earthy, with lots of chocolate and coffee on the finish.

1997 vintage

Enjoyable cabernet, drink now. Soft nose, very earthy taste. Slightly watered finish that lessens with each drink. Strong legs. Decanted for two hours, some sediment.

1997 vintage

With friends at the Village Pub in Woodside, CA. 2012 - Silky, Smooth, Fragrant, Delicious!!

1997 vintage

Opened on Christmas eve, this classic '97 showing deep reds and medium weight. Nose of pencil shavings, graphite, licorice, menthol, camphor, espresso, dusty iron and rust, maybe a little barnyard and slightly corked, but blew off. Neutral and resolved, there's some fruit here still but it's very subdued and on the tart, sour cherry side. The secondary flavors definitely more prominent. Very solid structure, good on day two as well. Certainly in drinking window, can't see improvement from here. Lots …

1997 vintage

Still drinkable . The wine looks Inky colored. The legs are Medium. The body is Full. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Medium.

1997 vintage

Alcohol content very forward. Drank the 375ml bottle. Not good.

2007 vintage

Same note applies

1997 vintage

Dark garnet. On the nose, cedar and white pepper. In the mouth, medium bodied, cherry and plum. A mediocre showing in a stellar vintage.

2007 vintage

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