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Oakville East 2005 Exposure Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- $125
They call it east, because the grapes are from the Vaca Mountains, and the vineyard faces west. It’s a splendid wine, classically proportioned, with rich, thick tannins that have true Napa refinement. The flavors are also classic, suggesting cassis and cedar, with a distinct smack of indescribable minerals. There’s a lot of smoky new oak, but it’s proportionate to…
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Oakville East 2008 Core Stone Red (Oakville)
- $125
A flashy, showy wine, whose flamboyant flavors are tempered by beautiful Oakville tannins. It’s made in the modern, ripe style, with explosive blackberry, cassis, bacon and sandalwood flavors. The oak is sweet and smoky and refined. Just beautiful, and should hold over the next six years.
— S.H.
(9/1/2011)
Oakville East 2008 Exposure Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- $100
A ripe, elaborate Cabernet, offering a blast of fruit in the flashiest way. Wows with tiers of blackberries, black cherries, cassis, cocoa, cool mint, spice and smoked meat that are almost sweet, but the finish is dry. The powerful oak overlay is perfectly in keeping with the wine’s volume. Some sharpness throughout is a minor fault.
— S.H.
(9/1/2011)
Oakville East 2006 Exposure Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville)
- $100
After the wonderful 2005 vintage, this is a bit of a letdown, which undoubtedly is a reflection of the vintage. It’s very rich and the tannins are superb, but there’s a jammy sweetness to the blackberries and cherries. It’s a delicious wine, but could be drier and have a more complex structure. Now through 2012.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
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