Last Tasted 2/93 Despite its muted nose, this wine offers attractive, sweet, ripe, cassis fruit, a touch of minerals and licorice, and a long, well-balanced, generously-extracted character. It admirably displays elegance allied with excellent richness. While fully mature, it is capable of lasting for another 5-8 years.

Last Tasted 2/93Despite its muted nose, this wine offers attractive, sweet, ripe, cassis fruit, a touch of minerals and licorice, and a long, well-balanced, generously-extracted character. It admirably displays elegance allied with excellent richness. While fully mature, it is capable of lasting for another 5-8 years.

Mature, with just a trace of oxidation, this remains an impressive wine, with complex currant, cigar box, anise and hints of dried flowers peeking through on the finish. Exquisite balance, it's definitely ready and a treat to drink.--1975 California Cabernet retrospective. Drink now. -JL