St. Clement, Cabernet Sauvignon Oroppas, Napa Valley

Still got it. Delicious cab. Tons of fruit and great finish. One more bottle to go.

2005 vintage

Day 1: My last bottle from a super deal at $20.00 from the old Sid's in Bloomington. Tobacco, dark fruits, spice, minerals, earth and gravel. Nice Bordeaux style wine. 92 points

2012 vintage

Past prime but still quite enjoyable. Rounded tannins, smooth, dark berries, but not quite enough there with much of the fruit faded. Should have consumed a few years ago but part of a mini vertical that had outlasted the winery itself.

2005 vintage

Day 2: This is signing. Nice fruit featuring blueberries, plum and cherry. Also featuring smoke, coffee beans, menthol, spice and floral. Medium plus finish. Should drink well for 5 more years. Day 3: Blueberries, menthol, spice, coffee beans, minerals, dark cherries and floral notes. Medium to long finish. In a perfect spot at 10 years of age. 93 points Day 4: Still excellent. Menthol, blueberries, spices, floral, minerals and coffee beans. This is an outstanding effort that is worth every …

2012 vintage

Really well made

2005 vintage

Day 1: Rocking wine right now. 10 years and in fine form. Cherry, blueberries, menthol, coffee beans, spice, dust and earth. This is the best wine of the many I bought of this and the last 3 will age less shortly as this is so good. $20 closeout wine from Big Top who unfortunately is no longer in business in the Twin Cities. 94 points Day 2: More Bordeaux like than day 1. Features gravel, earth, dust, blue currants, menthol …

2012 vintage

This bottle drank very differently than last years. Tons of sediment. Perfect cork but fruit is gone and the wine tasted stewed. Never came around. Had to open something else as this was unsatisfactory. Bummer

2003 vintage

Charity Wine Event Minneapolis (Minneapolis, MN) : Hey in a blind tasting of average wine drinkers this lost badly to the 2018 Ste. Michelle Indian Wells. Cigar, earth, dust, red currants and floral notes. Medium plus finish. Solid again.

2012 vintage

Day 2: Amazing value from the old Big Top in Minneapolis. Won't tell you what I paid for it. Perfect drinking window featuring minerals, blueberries, spice, earth, dark chocolate and dust. Medium finish and drinking well. (Natural Cork) 92 points Day 3: Amazing again. Has not lost a beat. Nice fruit, spices, earth, chocolate and dust. A tremendous value from Big Top in St. Paul Closeout Bins. I miss you guys! 92 points Recommendation: If consuming now decant one hour …

2012 vintage

Definitely decant - this started to pop after about an hour. Not the most complex wine, but well made and enjoyable. I don't remember what I paid for it at the winery on release; this was a "found bottle" I forgot to log and recently discovered when I moved my collection. But the current auction price represents good QPR.

2005 vintage

Day 1: Some age has helped this wine on day 1. Really nice showing with blueberries, coffee beans, mint, savory meat, spice and minerals. Rounding into form and an excellent value. 93 points Day 2: Tiny red berries, coffee beans, spice, minerals, blueberries and roasted meat. Good concentration and nice finish. Excellent place right now but could cellar another 5/6 years. 92 points

2012 vintage

Fantastic! Needs at least 45 minutes of decanting

2005 vintage

2 hour decant. Drinking perfectly. Unfortunately, it is my last bottle of 2012

2012 vintage

Great wine, but needs time after decant to open up to be fully enjoyed. So well balanced and still with a nice finish.

2012 vintage

Respectfully youthful and overall very nice. Medium bodied. Integrated soft tannin. Some fruit. Moderately complex . Ok finish. Very smooth.

2003 vintage

‘Just a heads up, this wine is drinking richly and favorably. Open a bottle and let it sit for a day. ‘Hard to believe but true. Plenty of life. More so than for the ‘01.

2003 vintage

Day 1: A bit tight. No score. Day 2: Hello and thanks for waiting. Chocolate, blueberries, spice, oak, vanilla and underbrush. Big wine and powerful finish. Picks up some floral notes on the long finish. Plenty of life left here. 93 points Day 3: Holding form. For sure some evident oak but the fruit is the real star here. 93 points. Recommendation: Heavy decant or hold for a few years.

2012 vintage

Getting better with age. Wonderful nose of dark fruit and spice. Medium to full bodied, the dark fruit continues and is well balanced and layered. More nuance is emerging now, very enjoyable. The finish is smooth and holds well. At eight years old, it's coming into its own.

2012 vintage

Out of the bottle. No bricking of which to speak. Braised meat and acrylic paint fumes on the nose. Fast thin legs. Nice cab appearance. Some florals on the nose as well. Tannins and alcohol well integrated. Very short but clean finish. At the same time if ya breath out a few times, flavor appears in the nose. Meat and terroir on the palate. Still drinking quite nicely. Second day: lavender and bees’ wax on the nose. Rich full dark …

2003 vintage

Day 1: Really opened up from earlier today. Tobacco, dark chocolate, red currants, damp earth and spices. Medium plus finish and picks up some really nice blueberries on the finish. Solid wine. 92 points Day 2: A bit less balanced and heavy on the spices. Red currants, dark chocolate and pencil lead. Medium finish. 90 points Day 3: Better than day 2 which is encouraging. This wine has plenty of life left. Delicious. Red currants, spice, licorice, floral, earth and …

2012 vintage

Might be the last bottle of orropus I will drink. Memories. Still good. Better younger. No more blueberry.

2012 vintage

Day 1: Bell pepper, graphite, tobacco, plum, perfume and dust. Very intense medium plus finish. Steak wine. Solid. 91 points Day 2: A bit smoother with graphite, pepper, plum, dark cherries, dust and rose petals. Medium plus finish. Solid effort. 91 points Day 3: Not as good. fruit muted and too much bell pepper. 85 points Recommendation: Drink this on day 2 with 2 hour decant. Drink now to 2024.

2012 vintage

Day 1: Cigar, cherry, spice, anise and earth. Bordeaux like wine. Medium to long finish and good acidity. 92 points Day 2: Softer wine on day 2 with red currants, tobacco, subtle spice, earth and gravel. Medium finish but not as intense as day 1 and previous bottle on day 2. This one I recommend to drink now on day 2. 90 points

2012 vintage

Still very enjoyable. As before lots of mocha notes along spiced berry and earth. An excellent pairing with an original Slater's 50/50 burger. Love their burgers and their free corkage.

2005 vintage

Day 1: Really solid wine with spice, cherry, plum, tobacco, menthol and floral. Medium plus finish and balanced wine. Should drink well for another 5 plus years. 92 points Day 2: Holding form with spice, cherry, tobacco, menthol and minerals notes on this medium plus finish. This has all the ingredients to age. 92 points Day 3: Drinking even better today with cherry, plum, spices, menthol, subtle oak and minerals. Good acidity and firing on all cylinders. 93 points Recommendation: …

2012 vintage

This was the 5th bottle that I have opened out of the 6 bottles I picked up in the fall of 2016 and the best, by far, of them all. This wine is in a beautiful spot right now. Lovely fruit aromas, velvety mouthfeel and incredibly sweet tannin. Now I wish I had held on to the previous 4 a little longer. Oh well, hind sight is 20/20 and I still have 1 left.

2012 vintage

Nice but not much more than that. Pleasant but not memorable. I would view this as a wine to drink in the near term. I don’t see it getting markedly better with more time. All makes sense at the $25/bottle level I have invested in it.

2012 vintage

Balanced and easy to drink. Enjoyable but nothing like the 1999 or 2001 vintage. This one has become more mass produced and despite the good quality it does not have the uniqueness of prior vintages.

2012 vintage

My last bottle was drinking well. Loads of fruit, good balance and some complexity. IMHO it is time to drink up.

2005 vintage

Same as previous notes.

2012 vintage

Wonderful with filet.. Still got it all.

2005 vintage

Black fruit, cedar, spice, tobacco, jammy note, herbal notes. A-

2012 vintage

Horribly plummy for r my palate. Lacks acidity and balance. 83

1997 vintage

Balanced out after the years but still has a nice nose with plenty of wood flavors with the fruit in the background. Strawberry preserves on the nose sneaks in after opening up. Honestly to me it's got another few years left alas not for me as this is the last one...

2005 vintage

Decanted for an hour. Fantastic fruit on the nose, solid balance with right amount of tannins, lots of dark berries in the middle, very long silky smooth finish. Extremely enjoyable. Everyone enjoyed it so much, we opened a second bottle.

2012 vintage

My lone bottle and you got a hint of alcohol on the finish but otherwise was a good wine. It went quickly amid a myriad of other wines shared on the same date as part of a big wine event. Recommend drinking soon.

2003 vintage

Loved it. Will drink again :)

2012 vintage

“Heavy” nose of dark berry/fruit. Serious hit of cassis on the tongue—a touch “sweetish.” Tannin and acid are, very much, resolved making this a very easy wine to drink without solid food accompaniment. I like it.

2005 vintage

Good balance, drinking well. 89-90.

2012 vintage

Delicious wine and an absolutely incredible QPR wine. Smooth tannin, big fruit an beautiful balance. At peak now.

2005 vintage

Solid bottle of wine. Nice fruit starting to age nicely.

2005 vintage

We pnp'd through a vintorio, dark fruit on the nose, the palate was dark berries, dark plums, figs and hints of wood, the finish was medium length and smooth.

2012 vintage

high alcohol and needs to decant.

2005 vintage

Pop and pour here: Nice strawberry jam and soft rubber on the nose. Well structured body with integrated tannins and a touch of acidity. Dark chocolate covered cherries on the mid-palate and stewed fruit on the edge with toasted almonds on the finish. I'm happy to settle back with this baby tonight.

2005 vintage

Enjoyed in a restaurant with a grilled NY steak. Deep ruby red, lots of fresh red fruit, tannins are quite soft, so probably best to drink this one young.

2012 vintage

Wow! Wish I had more. 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot. Decanted 2 hours. Opens on nose with blueberry , red cherry and raspberry. On the palate, black cherry, raspberry cinnamon and dark chocolate with a long peppery finish and velvety tannins.

2005 vintage

Beautiful now!

2003 vintage

Wow. Layers of flavors - still shows a bit of fruit characteristics, but the secondary flavors are starting to show - some earthiness and leather underlies the fruit. This was great - paired incredible with a grilled, bone-in new york strip. Wish I had more to try over the next couple of years.

2005 vintage

90s Oroppas Vertical Trio

1997 vintage

nice cherry fruit, smooth, medium finish- with dinner of grilled filet mignon. A very nice pairing!

2005 vintage

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