Nickel & Nickel John C. Sullenger Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
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This vintage is very characteristic of the Sullenger Vineyard. As with most of the wines from 1999, there is a focus on riper fruit flavors of plum and cherry. The vines from the new section of the vineyard add layers of blackberry, plum and cherry to further round out the wine, deepening its flavor and complexity. Notes of coffee and herb, coupledwith sweet, toasty oak, add to the finish. There is considerable volume in this wine, but not necessarily more tannins.
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Enormously complex, with currant jam, black cherry and nicely integrated mocha and vanilla flavors from toasty oak that are mellow and ripe, with lingering chocolate overtones. Supple, round tannins frame the concentrated finish, showing a trace of heat.
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This smells like Bordeaux, from the cassis and earth all the way to the foresty aromas that some might even call green. The palate is a smooth ride of currant, plum and bitter chocolate, all with a cool, herbal underbelly.
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Connoisseurs' Guide
Still offering a good look at the distinctly curranty fruit of Cabernet as it arrives at its twenty-third year and a wine that exhibits a good deal of aged complexity while possessing surprising stamina and energy, this nicely developed offering has the structure and light tannic grip to keep for a bit. While it is far from fragile and in no danger of precipitous decline.
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