Kinsella, Tamara Cabernet Sauvignon, Dry Creek Valley

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Red · Cabernet Sauvignon
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LWIN 1754366
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92 /100
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6
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Taster #3291 · Oct 30, 2024
90/100
This bottle drank well with some air to let it deepen and integrate. Definitely drinks as a well aged cab. As with my last bottle, this wine seems to be past peak and I'd recommend drinking up.
2012 vintage
Taster #3291 · Nov 19, 2021
90/100
Not sure if on the downhill slide or just bottle variation. It is a pretty, delicate wine with faded red fruit, nice balance, smooth finish and notes of leather and light spice. Could have mistaken for a pinot if tasting blind. Its a good pre-dinner sipper and could complement spicy food. Just not very exciting.
2012 vintage
Taster #0448 · Jul 18, 2021
90/100
Gave the 2010 a 96 as it was absolutely dee-lish! This one not so luscious and surprisingly so given my expectations of a Thomas Rivers Brown wine. Which is not to say it wasn't good, it's just not a pre-dinner sipper which is our preference (thus my, relatively, lower score). This is a food wine if ever there was one. And it WAS great with the pizza. It's bright, tannic, a tad austere with dark fruit. Give it an hour …
2012 vintage
Taster #3291 · Oct 21, 2020
93/100
Fully mature and probably at its peak if you prefer the fruit to shine. Very smooth with beautiful mostly red fruit. Touch of oak but in the background. Some faint chocolate and cedar notes. Finish is pretty but a little clipped. At peak IMHO. Liked the sophistication a touch netter than a 2012 Daou Soul of A Lion that I drank beside it.
2012 vintage
Taster #1154 · Aug 24, 2016
93/100
Surprisingly soft and easy drinking for such bottle.
2012 vintage
Taster #3291 · Dec 21, 2015
93/100
Still very young. Was very good but not impressive on first day despite a long decant. But on day #2, it was turning into a wow wine. Muted and glassy texture on first day. Dark fruit. On second day it blossomed into a more hedonistic, lush wine but with really good balance and good earthy notes of tobacco, mocha, pencil lead. Lots going on and layered. Cassis and black fruits.
2012 vintage