The Wine Club Saturday Tasting: Blind Tasting 2002 High-End California Red. 2005/09/17

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2002	Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Cabernet, Napa Valley Cedar, jammy, raspberry, acidic, herbs - so - ws	70	****
2002	Darioush Cabernet, Napa Valley coffee, vanilla, blackberry, concentrated long finish - so - ws	60	*****
2002	BV Georges De Latour Private Reserve Cabernet, Napa Valley sweet oak, very apparent oakiness, jammy, blackberry, long finish - so - ws	70	*****
2002	Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet, Napa Valley coffee, very jammy, plum, lacking mid palate, lacking finish, strangely hollow - so - ws	90	****
2002	Merryvale Profile, Napa Valley Prune, tannic, silky, jammy - so - ws	70	*****
2002	Cardinal, Napa Valley complex tar, earth, currant, astringent, very long finish - so - ws	100	*****
2002	Anderson Conn Valley Reserve Cabernet, Napa Valley fragrant, raspberry, mineral, long finish - so - ws	47	****
2002	Etude Cabernet, Napa Valley plummy, silky, very elegant and balanced, a hint of paint, long finish - so - ws	80	*****
2002	Caymus Special Select Cabernet, Napa Valley pomagrenate, cherry, very distinctive but a bit strange. unripe. - so - ws	120	****
2002	Whitehall Lane Reserve Cabernet, Napa Valley elegant, full body, prune, plum, oak, very dark in flavor profile - so - ws	50	****½
2002	Joseph Phelps Insignia, Napa Valley butter, caramel, very interesting and very "Lau" as in eating too much oily food, but good. jammy currant and plum, astringent, long finish. - so - ws	100	*****
2002	Quintessa, Napa Valley currant, vanilla, cedar, oak, pepper, mineral aftertaste - so - ws	90	****
2002	Rudd Oakville Red, Napa Valley alcholic nose like port wine, acidic, earth, berry, strangely alcoholic, perhaps airing will help. - so - ws	100	****