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Current
Accolades and other Press |
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Wine |
Publication |
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2005
Cabernet |
 ****
(4 stars)
Holiday Issue, Released December 3, 2008 |
 Highly
recommended...
Medium-dark purplish ruby; attractive, intense, spicy,
plummy, sweet black cherry fruit aroma with herbal
notes; full body; rich, textured, slightly herbaceous,
spicy, tarrish, ripe black cherry fruit flavors; well
balanced and firmly structured; full tannin; a bit tight
on the finish; lingering aftertaste. Developed with
airing in the glass. Highly recommended. 89 points
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 Excellent |
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2006
Chardonnay |
 Best
of Appellation...
Silver Medal
Download certificate
here:
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Highly
recommended...
Medium-light golden yellow; attractive, floral, earthy,
buttery, baked apple aroma with notes of vanilla and
hazelnut; full body; rich, fleshy, slightly viscous,
buttery, pear and apple flavors with some vanilla and
butterscotch; slightly harsh on the finish; lingering
aftertaste. Highly recommended.
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 93
Points
(June 2008)
Forward aromas of grilled pineapple, guava and peach.
Buttery texture with creamy pineapple, apricot and
butterscotch flavors with an edge of tempering acids. A
spate of tropical fruit caps the close with a lingering
caramel sweetness. |
****+
(4+ stars)
Oakville Ranch, 2006 Napa Valley
Fine Quality Chardonnay: full bodied and quite fruity in
style, with floral, oaky overtones. Very long on the finish.
It tastes of apple, orange blossom, vanilla, toast, and
roasted nut. 513 cases |
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2005
Chardonnay |
88
Points Frontal theme of fresh pear and Gala apple
make for a fine first aromatic impression here, and,
with a bit of air, touches of citrus and vanilla-bean
oak come into play. Although rounded on entry, the wine
is slightly hard at the finish and its moderately rich
oak-and-fruit flavors are narrowed by closing acidity.
Time is on its side, however, and two or three years of
patience will pay dividends.
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2004
Robert's Blend - Cabernet Franc |
Excellent
The Oakville Ranch “Robert’s Blend” 2004, Napa Valley, is
composed of 83 percent cabernet franc and 17 percent
cabernet sauvignon. This is truly a serious wine; it’s dark
and deep, profoundly spicy, indubitably tannic and minerally,
bursting with the untamed wild blueberry, mulberry and dusty
leather notes, the bitter chocolate and walnut shell of the
best cabernet franc. Lots of gravity, broad dimension and
detail — the wine feels fathomless, inexhaustible. In the
practical sense, this should be consumed from 2010 to 2018
or ‘19; in the world of my fevered imagination, it feels
ageless. The wine spends 25 months in French oak, 80 percent
new barrels. Production was 122 cases (244 six-packs).
Excellent. |
Highly
recommended...
Medium to medium-dark ruby; attractive, herbal, cedary,
smoky, tarrish, cassis and black cherry fruit aroma wit
notes of green olive and tobacco leaf; medium-full to
full body; tight, herbal, cedary, chalky, peppery,
blackberry fruit flavors; medium-full to full tannin;
drying on the finish ; lingering aftertaste.
Approachable now through deserves several more years of
bottle aging. Highly recommended.
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2003
Cabernet |
90
Points
High in creamy oak and focused on its
black cherry fruit with a slight curranty edge, this
attractive wine is full on the palate and enticingly supple
at entry before firming up towards the back. It is equally
well-defined in its middling depth flavors, and its spine of
youthful tannins makes it an odds-on favorite for rewarding
growth with a few years in the cellar. $60 |
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Oakville Ranch 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley); $60
Ripe, dry and
immature, this 100% Cab comes from a vineyard in the Vaca
Mountains east of the Silverado Trail. It’s quite tight and
tannic now, but shows a rich heart of blue and black stone
fruits and berries. Seems to have the balance to age,
and should improve after 2008. |
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3 star award, RECOMMENDED |
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Silver
Medal, 2007 National Women's Wine Competition, the
first-ever wine competition judged entirely by the
community's most respected women-in-wine. |
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2005
Chardonnay |
Silver
Medal, 2007 National Women's Wine Competition, the
first-ever wine competition judged entirely by the
community's most respected women-in-wine. |
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2002
Robert's Blend |
Gold Medal
LA
International Wine & Spirits 2007 Competition
for Limited Production Cabernet Franc
BEST OF CLASS
LA
International Wine & Spirits 2007 Competition
for Limited Production Cabernet Franc |
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2005
Chardonnay |
Silver Medal, LA
International Wine & Spirits 2007 Competition
For limited production Chardonnay |
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****½
(4 ½ stars)
Best-ever Chardonnay from this winery. It is fragrant and
complex in aroma (pear, toast, orange peel, vanilla, roasted
nut), and full bodied, supple, fairly rich, and long on the
palate, with a persistent finish. 580 cases (2007-2008) |
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2003
Cabernet |
 
"Elegant and complex at the same time..." |
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2002
Robert's Blend |
"Perfectly balanced with a structure balanced between aroma
and taste...." |
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