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100 Point Rating Guide | ||
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| 96-100 | Extraordinary | A wine of finesse, complexity, and expression. True to variety and region. Perfect balance of flavors with a long finish. |
| 90-95 | Excellent | True to variety and region, with terrific complexity and balance. While not a wine for the ages, a superior example. |
| 85-89 | Good | Meets your expectations, with sound flavors and balance. Might have limited complexity or be short on the palate. A sound wine. |
| 80-84 | Average | Drinkable, might not have as much varietal character. Simple flavors, no flaws, but nothing special. |
| 75-79 | Below Average | Might contain one flaw, simple straight-forward flavors, off-balance, unpleasant. |
| 60-74 | Undrinkable, Flawed | Contains significant flaws. Unpleasant, not commercially acceptable. |
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1 User Review
Apr 25, 2007
2005 Blankiet Paradise Hills Cabernet Sauvignon
This wine comes from a tiny hillside vineyard in Oakville, planted with Lafite-Rothschild Clone by the great Jim Barbour, managed by the phenomenal David Abreu, and made into wine by no less than Helen Turley.
With a pedigree like that, I had extremely high expectations for all the wines, and yet was somehow even more impressed than I expected when I actually tasted them.
This wine is black-ruby hued and smells like chocolate, espresso, cassis, and violets. The wine is soft, fat and gushy on entry, then expands accross the palate revealing surprisingly high (albeit ripe, fine, tightly knit) tannin, that conceals further layers of lush fruit and more esoteric mineral notes framed with candied fruits and sweet spices. The wine is remarkably full-bodied with a lush persistence that begs for guzzling, yet due to it's complexity urges restraint at the same time. Buy this and drink it, it's a benchmark. If you can actually get your hands on multiple bottles, put some away for 2 decades.
Blankiet wines are mailing list only, and the waiting list is closed, however a skilled merchant may be able to find a few bottles for you.
