94' Robert Mondavi Private Reserve

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"1994 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Flight 2

D -- Some initial rich, ripe red fruit was out in front of a basically shy, reserved nose...Amy McClellan remarked on its "savory spices." The attack is sweet, showing caramelized sugar and sweet berries, but then turning somewhat dilute at the center. The herbal/anise finish is of a medium length. The tannins and acids seem absent. An "OK"/open sort of wine, but certainly in a decline."
A review on the 1994 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve from the Gang of Pour website (credits to Larry Meehan). Sounds like faint praise but then he ranks it as excellent and in the top four of sixteen '94 Cabernet Sauvignon wines at the tasting. Insignia, Monte Bello, and Flora Springs Trilogy were the others in his top four. (Most of the other tasters were less enthusiastic about the Flora Springs Trilogy). It was a blind tasting (but perhaps not double blind).