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  • 1994
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • North Coast
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Red
Lot 876

1994 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain District - 1 bottle(s)-750ml

Estimate: CAD$400 - CAD$600
Starting Bid
CAD$300
$208.33

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This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1994 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain District - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $400 - $600 with a reserve of $300. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11489.

Condition

Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - In Neck

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This consignor was raised by parents who always opened a bottle of wine with dinner, and he fondly remembers Gruaud-Larose. His early interest developed into a passion in 1993. Around that time, he was in Bordeaux and had heard of Chateau Margaux, so he went there, climbed the steps and rang the bell, and they granted him a visit. He started collecting that day and purchased 1990 Chateau Margaux in the village for $80 a bottle. He then started buying more wine, participated in wine events, traveled to several wine producing regions on many occasions and even got married at Château Smith Haut-Lafitte. He purchased mainly from SAQ, LCBO but also from Berry Bros and Rudd, Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa and directly from importers for certain rare wines. He has also managed to get allocations directly from some producers including Harlan, Sine Qua Non, Kosta Browne and Williams Selyem. The bottles were all stored in a temperature-controlled cellar prior to auction.
The scores for 1994 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain District - CellarTracker - 92, Wine Spectator - 91, The Wine Advocate - 90. The rating for 1994 Diamond Creek Vineyards Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain District is 90-92 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - All three 1994s are backward, well-built, tannic wines meant to last for two decades or more. I suspect they will be among the least flattering wines to taste when released. Even more tannic than the 1994 Gravelly Meadow, but still impressively endowed, is the 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace. The color is a murky, ruby/purple, and the nose reluctantly offers up jammy red and blackcurrant scents, along with mineral and vanillin notes. Sweet, ripe, full-bodied, but ferociously tannic, this is a wine to lay away for at least a decade. As a fan of Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignons in the seventies and early eighties, I have frequently detailed my lack of enthusiasm for vintages after 1984. For that reason, I am happy to report that barrel samples of Diamond Creek's 1994s look to be the most reassuringly fine examples of this estate's Cabernets that I have tasted since 1984. Let's hope they put the wines into the bottle naturally, without excessive fining or filtering. Certainly the raw materials are very impressive.