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Bid on this bottle of 2012 Morlet "Passionnément" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon (96JD, 95VN, 94RP). Jeb Dunnuck: "During my tasting with Luc, I was also able to taste a few older vintages. The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Passionnement is showing beautifully and has the open, sexy, seamless style of the vintage front and center. Blueberries, graphite, loads of spice, and some forest floor notes give way to a full-bodied, elegant and seamless 2012 that’s on the early edge of its drink window." (06/2018)
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2012 Morlet "Passionnément" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon (qty: 1)
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2012 Morlet "Passionnément" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon (750 ml)Quantity: 1Provenance: Purchased from reputable sources and stored in a professional wine storage facility by a Los Angeles based collector. Pulled directly from the facility by K&L Auctions.Tasting Notes:- Professional Reviews
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Jeb Dunnuck
96
During my tasting with Luc, I was also able to taste a few older vintages. The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Passionnement is showing beautifully and has the open, sexy, seamless style of the vintage front and center. Blueberries, graphite, loads of spice, and some forest floor notes give way to a full-bodied, elegant and seamless 2012 that’s on the early edge of its drink window.
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Vinous
95
Black cherry, dark spice, chocolate, leather, menthol and licorice are pushed forward in the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Passionement. Dark, sumptuous and beautifully expressive in the modern style of Napa Valley Cabernet, the Passionement offers notable depth and raciness throughout. Passionement is a blend of fruit from Andy Beckstoffer's To Kalon and Missouri Hopper vineyards. (AG)
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
94
The full-bodied 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Passionnément, which comes from the Oakville Bench, was aged in new oak puncheons. There are 250 cases of this Pauillac-like offering. It possesses notes of Christmas fruitcake, spice box, vanillin and black fruits in its opulent, open-knit personality. (RP)
Ratings: JD: 96 VN: 95 RP: 94
