Freemark Abbey, Sycamore Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford

Freemark Abbey · California › Rutherford › United States of America

Red · Cabernet Sauvignon
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LWIN 1787001
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90 /100
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9
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Taster #2927 · Mar 29, 2021
90/100
Still drinking well. Tannins still prominent but soft.
2007 vintage
Taster #9252 · Sep 15, 2020
89/100
Still holding up but fading a bit. Better and more revealing on day 2. Upon opening this was a bit one dimensional, a bit rough around the edges. Not much fruit but some cedar and forest floor on the palate. 24 hours later, the harshness had disappeared but so had the tannins. Fruit had emerged to replace some of the dusty, forest floor aspects.
2007 vintage
Taster #1944 · May 9, 2020
90/100
Enjoyable wine, but lacking in depth and character, especially from a very good vintage
2007 vintage
Taster #9252 · Sep 5, 2019
90/100
Deep garnet color. May have been a bit of bricking at the rim but so limited as to be hard to tell. Nose of ripe berry. A little more herbal than expected upon opening but the fruit emerged after an hour or so. Mostly dark fruit, blackberry, cassis on the palate with a bit of spice, olive and mushroom. Full bodied with a long lingering finish. Still something of a tannic backbone to this.
2007 vintage
Taster #7738 · Aug 20, 2016
90/100
Deep dark center, red rim with some signs of age. Sweet, brambles and briar, ripe with mature red fruit. Smooth, plums and cassis, sweet brambles, black olives, modest tannins, complex, integrated oak, good length. Drinking well now.
2007 vintage
Taster #5226 · Feb 7, 2015
Flawed
1988 vintage
Taster #5044 · May 11, 2013
90/100
Relatively dark, opaque ruby color. Nice bouquet displaying blackcurrent, blackberry, oak and dust. The palate is full bodied, showing more fruit, dark cherry, vanilla and a touch of mocha. Acidity and tannins are well integrated. Medium-long finish. Drinking well now, but structured for aging and improvement over the next few years.
2007 vintage
Taster #5061 · Jan 31, 2013
91/100
A bit of cedar on the nose, with cherries on the palate. Medium-full moughfeel, with well integrated tannins.
2007 vintage
Taster #7721 · Nov 23, 2011
90/100
Ruby with hints of orange to the edge. Smelled of currants, leather, flowers, and cherry. The taste was of sour cherries, currents, and briary fruit. The tannins are evident but soft and the finish is nice but not long. A nice aged wine. (Tasted at C.I.A. Napa)
1988 vintage
Taster #9252 · May 16, 2009
92/100
Fun horizontal/vertical tasting of 1988 Bosche and Sycamore side by side with 1992 Bosche and Sycamore. The '88 Sycamore was still in good shape. Surprising considering the '88 was past it's prime. Exhibited the floral nose and raspberry/strawberry overtones expected of Sycamore. Was a bit more refined than the '92 Sycamore...likely a result of the 4 year difference in age.
1988 vintage