Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

On the nose blue fruit. Tasting blue and black fruit, baking spice with some vanilla, and a bitter green pepper on the finish. Still some tannins present with only slight bricking.

2005 vintage

Heavy nose, terroir notes of chalk, oak, fresh morning dew. Blackberry fruits, low acid. Very palatable and delicious. It was only bottle in the cellar wish I had more but for a 20yr old cab it was excellent.

2005 vintage

Tasted at Mondavi dinner. Paired excellent with a steak and drunk alongside younger and older vintages (10 years difference). Still developing, but getting structurally soft. Drink in the next 5-6 years.

2005 vintage

Drink on 18 anniversary

2005 vintage

Blue fruit, stewed black fruit, a hint of pyrazines (which i don’t mind), decent acidity, and tannins that haven’t quite disappeared.

2005 vintage

Quite nice and a great QPR. Plenty of life left here. Drink or hold.

2005 vintage

Well I wish I’d have saved this bottle, our last, to share with friends as it would have turned some heads. Decanted off its sediment and served with Flannery strips thirty minutes after the cork was pulled. Pours a youthful dark color. Notes of black currants, black cherry and spice with hints of rare beef and anise. Fully resolved at this stage and impeccably balanced. Wonderful black cherry and dark fruit- black currant, licorice and herb flavors. Drinking beautifully right …

2005 vintage

Immediately ready upon opening. Ripe, kirsch-y notes of dark cherry with a touch of pencil shavings and coffee.

2005 vintage

We missed this. We waited too long sadly. We had two bottles and both had turned

2005 vintage

Drinking well for a 14 year old $18 bottle. Best bottle yet. Good fruit, some complexity. Enjoyed with pizza. Drink up.

2005 vintage

Big nose, fruit forward, blackberry, cassis, slightly tannic, long legs, very full bodied, Semi dry. Great with steak. Seems to be a good time to crack it open.

2005 vintage

Bouillon cube

2005 vintage

My last of 14 bottles and was drinking the best of all. One of the all time best values in Napa cabernet if you can get it at discount pricing.

2005 vintage

Had at restaurant, Decanted tableside. No significant sed.No significant bricking. Represented well as a modern style Cali cab. No flaws, mild tannins, gave good structure. Alive and well tonight, good with food.

2005 vintage

Agree with notes from BAM_MAN, perfect description from what we tasted, paired great with peppercorn NY strip steaks. Definitely needed time to open up, but I do think this is about peaked and won't likely get much better with more age.

2005 vintage

We like it with our spaghetti meal.

2005 vintage

A deceptively youthful-looking, semi-opaque magenta in the glass - lightening just at the very edge. Initially tight and austere, this needed a good 90 minutes of air before it finally showed its best. Very expressive and pretty on the nose, offering powerful scents of crushed dark berries, Napa earth and exotic spice. Medium-to-full bodied and so silky in texture. Still shows a surprising abundance of ripe, delicious plum, blackberry and dark currant fruit with very good depth and focus. Not …

2005 vintage

Brett

2005 vintage

Slightly over the hill.

2005 vintage

Agree with KCP that this wine has peaked; soft red fruits, low tannins. Enjoyable but won't improve.

2005 vintage

Balanced cab showing fruit with the sweetness and exuberance of its Napa origin, with lead pencil to give this a Left Bank Bordeaux feeling as well. Very good for the money.

2005 vintage

This one has peaked. Hoped it would have a longer curve. I need to drink up.

2005 vintage

Sultry and sumptuous in style, this conveys a gorgeous bouquet of mountain berries, forest floor, mint, conifer, cedar, and elegant bottle age. Rich, deep, and long in the mouth, with melted tannins, a beautiful middle sweetness, and flavors that are generous, broad, and expansive. Seamless, complex, and sexy. 93++

2005 vintage

Much improved over the last year. The alcohol impression's backed off and the wine is balanced with comfortable maturing flavors. Probably about peak but should hold here for years. Would estimate's it's outer drinking about 2021.

2005 vintage

Dark garnet, brick edges; older Cabernet nose; leather, herbaceous, mint, iodine; mid-body, balanced, decent tannins; older Cabernet finish; a little hot (15.0 alc.). w/beef

2005 vintage

Popped and poured. Black fruit and cassis forward, with integrated tannins and acid. Huge nose. Color inky that held throughout 2hr dinner. Enjoyed with BBQ'd ribeye. Long finish easily 45 seconds. Held up throughout dinner. Coated mouth, a bit jammy. Not earthy or musty typical of vintage Mondavi Cabs. Peaking, no room to improve. Drink now. Very good year for Mondavi. Terrific bottle for the price $35.

2005 vintage

Very satisfied to taste a very refined cab after 11 years. Balanced and neutral.

2005 vintage

Needs more age.

2005 vintage

Excellent wine that has taken well to aging.

2005 vintage

This has held up pretty well. Nice nose of sour cherry, currants, cedar, and spicy oak. On the palate, nice flavors of currants, cherries, hints of spicy oak. Balanced finish with decent grip. Really solid.

2005 vintage

Surprisingly youthful, this was popped & poured and pretty tight. Cassis and black fruits with just a hint of cedar underneath. The palate follows with medium tannins and flavors of plum, kirsch and cassis. Three bottles left which will continue rest for a few more years.

2005 vintage

It's not improving since earlier last year (and others before that). It's Mondavi, but feels a bit rustic, not like Mondavi Oakvilles I'm accustomed to.

2005 vintage

Great QPR!

2005 vintage

Big rich and ripe Cal Cab. Youthfully dark reddish purple color and heady nose of black cherry, blackberry and chocolate. Best to decant--needs air to let the fruit and alcohol come into balance--smells and tastes a bit too potent right off the bat.

2005 vintage

Bordal chez DZ (Cos, Latour, Mission, Beychevelle...) (Saconnex-d'Arve) : A facilement été décelé comme étant du Nouveau Monde. Très bon vin, un peu chargé en alcool mais il y a de l'acidité aussi donc digeste. A boire.

2005 vintage

Pleasing sweetness with resolved tannins on what one feels might have once given more promise than it now actually delivers. Nothing wrong with this wine, in fact a more than suitable accompaniment to simple grilled steaks, and agree with previous notes of a dark-fruited maybe blueberry jam sensation. Not massively long or complex, nothing to complain about, competent, but did not over-deliver. Drink-up.

2005 vintage

Blueberry jam. It was a great wine.

2005 vintage

Very nice California cabernet from a historical house that has improved with the years. A bit of cherry and leather up front. Very smooth going down. Probably as good as it will get, but no sign of decline in my bottle.

2005 vintage

I am not sure this one will ever be better than just okay?

2005 vintage

Deep garnet color with just a hint of brick red that lets you know this is an older wine. Aromas of dark fruit and vanilla on the nose. Tannins are still present - but are well integrated into the wine. Medium mouth-feel with a slightly abbreviated finish - but still drinking nicely for a 9 year-old, $25 bottle of wine. Paired well with grilled beef tenderloin steaks.

2005 vintage

Past it's prime. Nothing here, flat.

2005 vintage

may be a litttle past its prime. a bit tight and acidic, never really opened up

2005 vintage

Past it's prime IMO.

2005 vintage

Drinking best ever right now. Unfortunately my last bottle of 13. I need to purchase this wine every year and sit on it.

2005 vintage

9 years in the bottle and i have to say it ages well, even though this is just the napa entry wine. surprisingly fresh, hidden tannins, great and dark fruit. No wonder I continue to spend $15 on this wine and set it down for years. Highly recommended.

2005 vintage

I was a little concerned when I first opened it - thought it was past its prime, but it opened up very nicely to display a rich, full body. Great with Italian meats and fresh mozzarella

2005 vintage

Reminded me why I don't like Napa Valley cabs: over-extracted, pruney, black-fruit dominant, unbalanced... dreadful

2005 vintage

- Crimsom color - A little lite for a Cab.

2005 vintage

Don't know, but in my opinion a little overripe. Port tones. dried tomatoes.

2005 vintage

This, the most ripe of any past vintage. Deep dark purple; almost blackish in opacity. Initially, nearly over-ripe scents of macerated plums and blackberry kirsch. Amazing entry with dark chocolate and licorice. Finishing long with chalky tannins. Hardly a hint of the hard-edged austerity that characterizes this bottling when first released. An hour in and the ripeness has disappeared; replaced with the aromatics of a Napa Cab of lofty pedigree. I will continue to buy a 1/2 case of this …

2005 vintage

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