Paradigm Napa Valley Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 1994
This is one of the remaining bottles of a case we picked up following our visit to the winery during our Napa Valley Wine Experience back in 1999. This is one of the joys of a wine cellar - to conduct periodic comparison tastings over the years to see how a wine ages. We tasted this at home with some artisan cheeses, grilled beef tenderloin, roasted potatoes and grilled asparagus.
 
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This is one of the remaining bottles of a case we picked up following our visit to the winery during our Napa Valley Wine Experience back in 1999. This is one of the joys of a wine cellar - to conduct periodic comparison tastings over the years to see how a wine ages. We tasted this at home with some artisan cheeses, grilled beef tenderloin, roasted potatoes and grilled asparagus.
Paradigm Napa Valley Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 1994 - My last tasting notes were a year and half ago on this blog as part of a "diverse-cabernet-bordeaux-blend_tasting" , and previously three years earlier; both notes consistent with this time. 
This bottle took an hour to open and shed an initial slight tart cherry edge, which it 
did. Dark inky    color - medium to full bodied. Full forward black 
cherry and black raspberry fruit flavors starting
 to show its    age a bit with earth and leather emerging over the 
subtle currant, ripe    plum, cedar and a hint of anise on a full firm 
finish. Earlier notes talk of a milk chocolate layer which was very 
subtle. I would say the aging of this bottle seemed no more-so than the 
previous tasting as it is holding its fruit quite well. RM 91 - WS 92. 
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