Black Stallion, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mt. Veeder

Still quite drinkable and enjoyable. The primary fruit is aged and muted now into a thick mouthfeel of enjoyable funkiness that went well with grilled chicken, mashed potatoes and salad. w-mom while listening to Kris Kristofferson vinyl and reminiscing about our front-row center tickets to his Napa show back in 2010 and the Black Stallion winery we visited on our way down Silverado Trail from the concert. Stored in my cellar for the past decade or more, this was a …

2011 vintage

What an amazing wine, especially when age to maturity. Very full-bodied, cherry spice aromas, went extremely well with a steak this evening. This is drinking well, so if you have it in your seller, go for it now.

2017 vintage

Bold, full body, a little sweet.

2017 vintage

Good, It tasted fine with the steak, very full body, spicy, heavy alcohol.

2017 vintage

Very good QPR for a Cali Cab. Fruit forward, then get some mocha and a hint of spice on the finish. Enjoyed over 2 nights

2017 vintage

Very impressed this is still drinking well. Katie and I agreed this even has a few more years left in it if you want, but why wait. Nice nose, legs, resolved tannins, heat disappeared after it opened up and the muted black fruit came center stage surprisingly. Very interesting bottle at this stage. We were all happy with this wine on Katie's porch. 92+

2011 vintage

A little sweet for a Cabernet, but still enjoyable. Drank over 2 nights, and it was smoother on night 2. Very fruit forward. Not a lot of depth

2017 vintage

Nothing fabulous. Very average. Drinkable, but no depth of any flavor. Everything seems muted. Food didn’t change anything. Plenty of other Cabs out there that are better.

2017 vintage

(16/20) Blind tasted. Wow, super high tannins, but they are ripe and fine-grained. Good concentration, quite a bit of oak usage, but very balanced. Malbec maybe? New world I'd say, so probably Argentina, from higher grounds. Medium intense aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, red plum, cranberry, toast, vanilla, cedar, tobacco, dark chocolate, bay leaf. Dry wine, medium acidity, high tannins, full body, medium+ flavour intensity, medium+ length finish. 14,5% ABV - Wine exchange Robinf

2017 vintage

Classic Napa Cab, decent overall.

2017 vintage

Very good Cabernet for this price point. Needs an hour to open up. Good with or without food

2017 vintage

Great Cabernet for the price!

2017 vintage

Mycket gott vin! Ger man det en timme eller två så blir det jättebra

2017 vintage

Very good with or without food

2017 vintage

Needed about 2 hours to open up, then smooth and balanced. Full bodied

2017 vintage

Doftar vanilj, fattoner, mörka bär, jag plockar främst upp björnbär. Den har myket frukt i sig och det är härlig kraft i vinet. En hel del tanniner som är ganska snälla och lena. Detta var ett väldigt gott vin!

2017 vintage

PnP started of FAR to oaky. With more air and a couple of degrees it shows better, yet a little unbalanced. The day after it was far better and very much enjoyable. This is a fairly sweet wine, not too complex. But I'd try it again after a couple of years in the cellar. I believe it's worth it's money if you drink it right.

2017 vintage

Härlig doft av frukt, mumsig smak av bär. Bra vin!

2017 vintage

Very nice and balanced wine. All elements work well together and provide a hint of what to expect from the many elevated offerings from this priducer.

2017 vintage

Stall, hallonbåtar och kalk. Riktigt bra.

2017 vintage

The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), plum, oak, clove, cinnamon and chocolate. It tastes like black currant (cassis), coffee, chocolate and vanilla. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

2017 vintage

Full, oak, round, balanced, long.

2017 vintage

Fruity and rich

2017 vintage

We had this at the Windows on the World One Hour Wine Expert, 12 Oct 2020. This was a good wine, but not ready to drink yet. Adding some really fatty cheese made a huge difference with this one.

2017 vintage

More red fruit than black, and fruit somewhat muted. A decent enough wine but not up to the Hess Cab at a similar price.

2017 vintage

Dark purple with minimal garnet. Raspberry and blueberry and green notes. Palate is mature dark fruit with cassis. Notes of tobacco and pepper. Plenty of tannins and acid for another year or two.

2011 vintage

Very surprised at the ratings here. This didn't taste bad but it tasted awfully generic to me. Sweet, grapey, with very little grip and lacking acidity. Honestly, I'd take the Kirkland Napa bottling over this any day. Feels like I wasted twenty bucks.

2017 vintage

masse smak av mørk bær, solbær, god fylde, jordlig, mørk litt søtlig, sjoko, eik

2017 vintage

Wow- What a few years does for this turd! Expressive Napa juice this is, this went from an average drinker to almost the next level... Ok don’t get to excited here, a cheap Costco that parish end out-finally Really good now- thru 2023

2011 vintage

Was given this wine as a gift a year ago and wasn’t sure what to expect. Opened after our primary dinner wine and was pleasantly surprised. Wine is drinking well now with aromas of dark cherry and hints of cedar and tobacco. Tannins have long slipped away leaving ripe blackcurrants, plums and a spicy long red berry finish. Drink up!

2011 vintage

A real pleasure to sip this on its own. Lovely aromas of blackberries and spice. Mouthfilling ripe blackcurrants, plums and black cherries, silky smooth fine textured tannins, long red berry finish.

2011 vintage

Medium Ruby, nose is a bit one dimensional, mostly red fruit. Lots of acid, fruit is present but non-descript. A bit Unbalanced and comes across as simple. Tannins are present but weak. Almost an astringent aftertaste. Off bottle? I am sure I had a better bottle of this previously.

2011 vintage

Opened and aired for 30 minutes before drinking. True to form Napa cab. Smooth, silky tannins, nice blueberry, blackberry and cassis flavors. Wood not apparent.

2011 vintage

True Napa Cab, part of a long tasting and really think it's time to drink up. The wine looks garnet colored. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), plum, smokey bacon and vanilla. It tastes like plum, blackberry and black currant (cassis). The body is medium/full. The wine has juicy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

2011 vintage

Too inky - liquor ice Not a big fan

2011 vintage

3.75 Easy drinking, smooth, and fruit forward. The fruit adds a bit of sweetness even though it has low residual sugar. Notes of ripe cherry. Raspberry, and a tad of welcome oak; you can taste the Merlot and cab franc despite this being labeled pure cab sav. Tannins are softer and acidity balances, for the price this is good cali cab.

2011 vintage

Slightly sweeter this time around with added bottle age, more of a run-of-the-mill Napa medium range Cab. Black cherry fruit, vanilla, Dr. Pepper, toasted oak. I liked it better when it displayed the greener notes of youth.

2011 vintage

Poured cold, vinturi fast decant. Consumed over two days Royal purple, full bodied Spicy dark fruit leather off the nose Dry, all spice, light tannin, sweet dark plums, cherries Not much change over two days. A little smoother day two. A decent effort. QPR is reasonable for BC

2011 vintage

Medium full, round, oak, earth

2011 vintage

Pappercorn nose, low acidity, plum licorice short finish but fair. Ready to drink and easy to drink

2011 vintage

A decent, economical Cab from a rough year. Nothing special, but an easy weekday wine.

2011 vintage

Ripe, generous nose with cherry fruit, moccha, toasted oak. Medium plus bodied, stylish ripe Cab fruit aromas of black cherry, licquorice, coffee, cream. Finishes well, perfumed, layered. The oak is quite obvious but I don't mind, it's backed up by ripe fruit. This is very good and there's not much evidence of a cool vintage. Excellent value.

2011 vintage

Very attractive aromas of blackcurrant and blackberry lead into lots of ripe blackcurrant and dark cherry fruits integrated with lovely rich smooth oak giving an wine of great intensity and structure which is already a real pleasure to drink. I agree with the recent Decanter panel tasting of Californian Cabs from 2011, which rated it as outstanding, 95 points.

2011 vintage

Good overall table wine

2011 vintage

Exceeded expectations

2011 vintage

Better when opened for awhile, rated too high earlier

2011 vintage

Very young straight from the bottle - needed decanting. Improved considerably with decanting - good tannins 7/10

2011 vintage

Totally worth $18 possibly would pay double. Chocolate And black cherry liquor aroma. Full of dark fruits in flavor.

2011 vintage

Black cherry, plum, toast and smoky mineral nose. Full and fleshy with curranty, toasty flavours. Good tannin and weight with a vanilla, coconut finish. 4/5

2011 vintage

Maybe some decanting would improve the score, but it is what it is. Pretty good, but not excellent. A bit of a slide since my earlier post.

2011 vintage

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