Cameron Hughes Cabernet Sauvignon Lot 233

Cameron Hughes

Other · Cabernet Sauvignon
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2008 Other 88/100
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Taster #4886 · Jul 28, 2019
Drink now! Drink dates say it is past due. It was decent but definitely fading.
2008 vintage
Taster #4886 · Feb 14, 2019
90/100
Decanted about 30 minutes. Didn't need the air but a bit of sediment. Mature cab profile, and doesn't seem past due. Would recommend drinking in 2019, unless you have enough to evaluate for yourself and your storage. Certainly no need to wait. Still very glad I bought a case!
2008 vintage
Taster #1705 · Jan 29, 2018
92/100
What a pleasant surprise! Drank like a $50 bottle! Drink now!
2008 vintage
Taster #7100 · Dec 28, 2017
89/100
PnP. Inky deep maroon in color. Fruit has taken a backseat on the nose. Cedar upfront, with ripe plums following behind. Good mouthfeel...slightly viscous without being cloying. Enjoyed in a Riedel Vivant Bordeaux stemless at 68F...much warmer than I would have liked.
2008 vintage
Taster #4886 · Jul 4, 2017
90/100
Finally I get the difference in aging between young cabs and mature cabs. I've had mature cabs before, but this is the first time I've had the same wine young and not. This has crossed from too-tannic-need-to-decant to basically ready and seeming it. I decanted about 30 minutes but I'm not sure it needed it. Hard for me to tell, but my cellaring is iffy warm, so unless you are 52F on the dot I would be inclined to drink …
2008 vintage
Taster #4460 · Apr 11, 2015
90/100
It is much better with age excellent with a shooth finish
2008 vintage
Taster #6202 · Jan 16, 2014
89/100
Ready to drink. Excellent cherry and other fruit favors.
2008 vintage
Taster #9530 · Jul 24, 2013
87/100
I found this to be a wonderful everyday Summer wine. Cameron Hughes is also one of the wines where I often get more than I pay for... but the LOT has much to do with that. For me it offers one of the best price/taste trade offs. Why? Because each lot is a different "over stock" from another winery's juice. Kind of like a treasure hunt with benefits! From time to time I get a $30 bottle, once I felt …
2008 vintage
Taster #6202 · Apr 25, 2013
87/100
Good but could use a couple more years.
2008 vintage
Taster #4232 · Mar 11, 2013
89/100
Enjoyed this wine, although might be better in a couple years. For the price, good value.
2008 vintage
Taster #4361 · Dec 3, 2012
88/100
Very nice. Big, but not overwhelming fruit. Great balance.
2008 vintage
Taster #5689 · Nov 24, 2012
92/100
Big, beautiful cab...
2008 vintage
Taster #6202 · Sep 5, 2012
87/100
Medium body, ripe fruit, mocha.
2008 vintage
Taster #7193 · Aug 23, 2012
85/100
Bright but a little thin
2008 vintage
Taster #7067 · Jul 30, 2012
75/100
Bizarre aroma; almost metallic. Very little varietal character. Not good Cameron...
2008 vintage
Taster #5689 · Mar 15, 2012
92/100
Initial impression, BIG WINE! Inky dark with garnet hue, blue and purple fruit on the nose, ripe fruit and milk chocolate, nice finish. Well done, a gem in the chwine. Glad I still have two more!
2008 vintage
Taster #4976 · Jan 29, 2012
89/100
Similar to previous bottle.
2008 vintage
Taster #5775 · Jan 21, 2012
87/100
Decanted 4 hrs, semi-transparent ruby color, light nose, medium mouthfeel, medium length finish with some heat/sourness, pretty simple wine but pretty good QPR for $14, rated 2 pts below consensus due to finish.
2008 vintage
Taster #2608 · Dec 31, 2011
85/100
Nyp
2008 vintage
Taster #5775 · Dec 29, 2011
88/100
Decanted 2 hours, semi-transparent ruby color, light nose, lighter mouthfeel than expected, silky tannins/oak, medium+ length finish, basic everyday drinker, just enough structure to keep interesting, nothing objectionable, rated 2 pts higher than 8 months ago, I prefer bigger Cabs.
2008 vintage
Taster #7235 · Dec 12, 2011
88/100
notes of dark chocolate & berries, very nice after at least 1 hr decant!
2008 vintage
Taster #5689 · Nov 21, 2011
91/100
Wonderful wine right now. Opened up after about an hour of air. Integrating well, great silky mouthfeel, medium finish. I'm glad I have more
2008 vintage
Taster #7277 · Oct 18, 2011
89/100
I had to take my last two bottles of this to a friends get together. I wish I had saved one for a couple of years from now. This is a solid, enjoyable wine. I made sure I used a vinturi to pour into a decanter and was able to let it sit for an hour. Once poured, the first sip got several great comments that you love to hear - "Wow, this is REALLY good". I pretty much try …
2008 vintage
Taster #4976 · Jul 30, 2011
89/100
P&P. Expressive nose of cassis, chocolate and tobacco. Medium plus mouthfeel with Black currants, dark cherry, earth notes and mocha. Medium tannic finish.
2008 vintage
Taster #7277 · Jul 21, 2011
89/100
Very nice wine and I think a great value at $17. My wife and I had it with some casual dinner and I am taking my last glass now into the jacuzzi. Very closed upon popping, so used Vinturi for half glass and decanted the rest for about 2 hours. Wine has opened up and is excellent!
2008 vintage
Taster #8068 · Jun 21, 2011
87/100
Another good value from CH. Nothing to hold on to but paired nicely with sausage and peppers.
2008 vintage
Taster #5689 · Jun 2, 2011
92/100
Pop-n-pour, ready to go... huge nose, powerful bouquet of anise, lavender and mint. Ripe fruit, very extracted, sweet on the palate with tastes of plums and cherries. Would pay $30 - $40 for this. A steal at $15
2008 vintage
Taster #1579 · May 19, 2011
90/100
Definitely a Napa cab. Olive, lavendar and feminine, medium bodied.
2008 vintage
Taster #5775 · Apr 20, 2011
86/100
Decanted 3hrs, medium density cherry color, wife gets dark cherry, earthy/rainforest and alcohol nose, medium mouthfeel with some tannins/acid on mid-tongue finish, easy drinker, expected more complexity after reading Cameron's review, worth $14 to me but nothing special. Day2: Seems thinner with more acid/alcohol finish, not sure how this will age in the cellar.
2008 vintage
Taster #5775 · Apr 15, 2011
75/100
Popped and poured, medium plum color, strange nose, could be menthol per Cameron's notes, light body, strange finish, I now understand "What Napa has worked so hard to eliminate in much of their wine, ..." comment, definite pass for me.
2008 vintage