Malibu
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Malibu 2004 Cabernet Franc
- $30
Pours light in color for a Bordeaux red, and the wine itself is delicate and elegant, without the density of, say, Napa. Yet it’s full of fruity flavor, rich in black cherries, and bone dry.
— S.H.
(12/1/2006)
Malibu 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc
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Malibu is considerably colder than Napa Valley, at least during the growing season, and this wine, from a cool vintage, shows high acidity and a minty, green edge. Drink now.
— S.H.
(8/1/2007)
Malibu 2007 Vortex Sangiovese
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Soft and dull, with cherry and herb flavors laced with dry, astringent tannins. Drink now.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
Malibu 2007 Meritage
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Good blackberry, currant and cedar flavors, and properly dry, with a good background of smoky oak. But it’s way too soft, causing structural collapse.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
Malibu 2007 Cabernet Franc
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Soft and one-dimensional, with simple cherry, red currant, herb and toast flavors. Drink now.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
Malibu 2004 Red
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- $40
Even in the cool Santa Monica Mountains of Malibu the heat waves of this vintage struck, and this wine suffered. It has Porty, raisiny aromas and a stewed-fruit taste, with heat on the finish.
— S.H.
(12/1/2006)
Malibu 2004 Syrah
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Dry, with a cooked or stewed-berry flavor and tannic, acidic bitterness on the finish. Considerable French oak just adds oak to an ordinary wine.
— S.H.
(12/1/2006)
Malibu 2006 Vortex Sangiovese
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Shows cherry, tobacco and spice flavors and is nicely dry and silky, but is tired, dull. Lacks life.
— S.H.
(12/1/2009)
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