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Rubicon Estate 2003 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
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- $65
I always think of Francis Coppola’s Cask Cabernet as his hommage to the old Inglenook. It’s 100% varietal, grown at the Rutherford estate, and a spectacular wine. Enormously oaky now, with an explosion of char and vanilla, it shows an underworld of black currants, and is huge in sweet, youthful tannins. Yet those tannins are so polished, so refined. This is a…
— S.H.
(12/15/2006)
Rubicon Estate 2007 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
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- $75
Gorgeous, elegant and ageworthy. With a softly tannic structure, it’s drinkable now, but should age and gain complexity for 10 years. Dry and smooth, it has complex flavors of blackberries, black cherries, currants, red licorice, cola and oak. Give it some time to breathe. Now–2017.
— S.H.
(12/31/2010)
Rubicon Estate 2008 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
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- $75
An exceptionally good wine, right up there with the fantastic 2007 Cask. Classic Rutherford Cabernet, dry, softly tannic and delicious, with herb-infused blackberry and cherry fruit. Definitively not in the modern style of fat overripeness, but balanced and elegant. Shows all the hallmarks of an ageable wine, but you can drink it now. It gets better and better as…
— S.H.
(12/31/2011)
Rubicon Estate 2004 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
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- $75
Based on the old 100% Cabs from Inglewood that aged forever, Rubicon’s interpretation has the same hard, tough tannins in youth. It’s not a wine you want to drink anytime soon. Bursting with cherry, blackberry, plum and vanilla flavors, it has the elegant balance needed for ageability. Best after 2010, and should hold and improve for many years after.
— S.H.
(3/1/2008)
Rubicon Estate 2005 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $75
Lots of new, smoky oak stands out on this polished Cab. Give it a little time in a decanter before you drink, as it pulls together, becoming more powerful and accenting the blackberry and cherry flavors. Should develop for a decade.
— S.H.
(5/1/2009)
Rubicon Estate 2006 Cask Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- $75
An elegant, complex 100% Cab, solid and potent, although it’s also young and fresh in tannins and needs time in the cellar. Not showing particular finesse now, with straightforward cherry, blackberry and currant flavors, but has the balanced stuffing for the cellar. Better after 2011.
— S.H.
(12/31/2009)
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