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16½/20
Atalon Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
Napa Valley, California, United StatesEighty per cent of this 98 per cent cabernet sauvignon comes of the Beckstoffer Vineyard in the Oakville District (once the source of fruit for BV's Georges de Latour). Expect a dark cherry colour with intense peppery, earthy, liquorice, black berry jam, spicy cassis nose with a hint of tobacco and barnyard. Rich, ripe and concentrated the flavours are a mix of spicy coffee, olive and blackberry fruit spiked pepper and spice. A bit skinny in the middle palate with some hard, dry tannins yet to disperse. Needs timeTasted: 17 February 2003Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:| BC | $66.95 | 750ml | Specialty |
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
