Red wine
Raymond, Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1982
RRP £228
One of the oldest wines in the tasting, it still has a fine bright hue in the glass and an intense, perfumed nose. There’s cassis there but also button mushrooms, and the palate is ripe and juicy with a creamy weight to it. A very fine wine, though it’s certainly moving now into the (albeit venerable) twilight of its life. A canny sommelier would be thinking about selling the few cases he or she has left.
Score
Wine Details
Colour
Red
Wine Style
Still
Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol
13.4%
Bottle size
75cl
Drink dates
2019 - 2022
Origin
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-region
Napa Valley AVA
Tasting Information
Name of Tasting
Napa tasting recommendations
Type of Tasting
Tasting feature
Blind
No
Tasted by
Adam Lechmere, Dave Allen, Romain Bourger, Alistair Viner
