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Search Flickinger Wine Inventory
Inventory updated: Fri, Sep 11, 2026 04:02 PM cst
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Regions: USA Red
Vintages: Between 1990 and 1990
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Vint. |
Wine |
Price |
Qty |
Order |
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| Cardinale |
1990 |
Proprietary Blend Bin-Soiled Label |
$109 |
1 |
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| Diamond Creek |
1990 |
Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon  Slightly Depressed Cork |
$289 |
1 |
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| WA 82 (6/1992): I expected the 1990 and 1991 Cabernets from Diamond Creek to perform better. While they are certainly good, they are much lighter than what one has come to expect from this winery. On several occasions recently I have had the 1978s from Diamond Creek, which are among the greatest Cabernet-based wines I have tasted from anywhere in the world. It is hard to believe these current offerings will ever approach the richness and intensity that this estate's wines exhibited from the seventies to the mid-eighties. Could the wines be going through a temporarily awkward stage, or are they being made in a lighter, more easily accessible style? The 1990 Volcanic Hill is much lighter than the 1991, with an oaky, spicy nose, simple, straightforward, medium-bodied flavors, and a surprisingly short finish. I would opt for drinking it over the next 7-8 years. |
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1990 |
Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Bin-Soiled Label |
$289 |
1 |
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| WA 82 (6/1992): I expected the 1990 and 1991 Cabernets from Diamond Creek to perform better. While they are certainly good, they are much lighter than what one has come to expect from this winery. On several occasions recently I have had the 1978s from Diamond Creek, which are among the greatest Cabernet-based wines I have tasted from anywhere in the world. It is hard to believe these current offerings will ever approach the richness and intensity that this estate's wines exhibited from the seventies to the mid-eighties. Could the wines be going through a temporarily awkward stage, or are they being made in a lighter, more easily accessible style? The 1990 Volcanic Hill is much lighter than the 1991, with an oaky, spicy nose, simple, straightforward, medium-bodied flavors, and a surprisingly short finish. I would opt for drinking it over the next 7-8 years. |
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| Forman |
1990 |
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon |
$125 |
1 |
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WA 92 (6/1993): Forman's 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon may be this winery's best effort to date. This deep purple-colored wine displays a super-expressive nose of blackcurrants, licorice, and vanillin. With a beautifully etched, medium to full-bodied feel, exquisite concentration, decent acidity, and firm but soft, sweet tannins, this is a graceful, authoritatively flavored Cabernet for drinking over the next 12-15 years.
VM 92 (7/2015): Healthy bright red-ruby. Darker aromas of black- and redcurrant, cherry, smoked meat, coffee and dark chocolate are complicated by wild spices and a balsamic cedary suggestion. The plushest and silkiest vintage to this point in my tasting, but with a firm spine of tannins and healthy acidity giving serious grip to the wine's dark berry fruit. "I started allowing the fruit to get ripe in 1990, then even riper beginning in 2003," admitted Forman. Offers a lovely combination of complexity and tannic power for such a low-octane Cabernet and finishes with a slight oaky edge (this and post-1990 vintages have been aged in 50% to 75% new barrels). (Drink between 2015-2023). Stephen Tanzer. |
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1990 |
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Bin-Soiled Label; Scuffed Label |
$125 |
1 |
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WA 92 (6/1993): Forman's 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon may be this winery's best effort to date. This deep purple-colored wine displays a super-expressive nose of blackcurrants, licorice, and vanillin. With a beautifully etched, medium to full-bodied feel, exquisite concentration, decent acidity, and firm but soft, sweet tannins, this is a graceful, authoritatively flavored Cabernet for drinking over the next 12-15 years.
VM 92 (7/2015): Healthy bright red-ruby. Darker aromas of black- and redcurrant, cherry, smoked meat, coffee and dark chocolate are complicated by wild spices and a balsamic cedary suggestion. The plushest and silkiest vintage to this point in my tasting, but with a firm spine of tannins and healthy acidity giving serious grip to the wine's dark berry fruit. "I started allowing the fruit to get ripe in 1990, then even riper beginning in 2003," admitted Forman. Offers a lovely combination of complexity and tannic power for such a low-octane Cabernet and finishes with a slight oaky edge (this and post-1990 vintages have been aged in 50% to 75% new barrels). (Drink between 2015-2023). Stephen Tanzer. |
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1990 |
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Base Neck Fill; Signs of Old Seepage |
$125 |
1 |
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WA 92 (6/1993): Forman's 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon may be this winery's best effort to date. This deep purple-colored wine displays a super-expressive nose of blackcurrants, licorice, and vanillin. With a beautifully etched, medium to full-bodied feel, exquisite concentration, decent acidity, and firm but soft, sweet tannins, this is a graceful, authoritatively flavored Cabernet for drinking over the next 12-15 years.
VM 92 (7/2015): Healthy bright red-ruby. Darker aromas of black- and redcurrant, cherry, smoked meat, coffee and dark chocolate are complicated by wild spices and a balsamic cedary suggestion. The plushest and silkiest vintage to this point in my tasting, but with a firm spine of tannins and healthy acidity giving serious grip to the wine's dark berry fruit. "I started allowing the fruit to get ripe in 1990, then even riper beginning in 2003," admitted Forman. Offers a lovely combination of complexity and tannic power for such a low-octane Cabernet and finishes with a slight oaky edge (this and post-1990 vintages have been aged in 50% to 75% new barrels). (Drink between 2015-2023). Stephen Tanzer. |
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1990 |
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Slightly Depressed Cork |
$125 |
1 |
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WA 92 (6/1993): Forman's 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon may be this winery's best effort to date. This deep purple-colored wine displays a super-expressive nose of blackcurrants, licorice, and vanillin. With a beautifully etched, medium to full-bodied feel, exquisite concentration, decent acidity, and firm but soft, sweet tannins, this is a graceful, authoritatively flavored Cabernet for drinking over the next 12-15 years.
VM 92 (7/2015): Healthy bright red-ruby. Darker aromas of black- and redcurrant, cherry, smoked meat, coffee and dark chocolate are complicated by wild spices and a balsamic cedary suggestion. The plushest and silkiest vintage to this point in my tasting, but with a firm spine of tannins and healthy acidity giving serious grip to the wine's dark berry fruit. "I started allowing the fruit to get ripe in 1990, then even riper beginning in 2003," admitted Forman. Offers a lovely combination of complexity and tannic power for such a low-octane Cabernet and finishes with a slight oaky edge (this and post-1990 vintages have been aged in 50% to 75% new barrels). (Drink between 2015-2023). Stephen Tanzer. |
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1990 |
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Bin-Soiled Label |
$125 |
1 |
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WA 92 (6/1993): Forman's 1990 Cabernet Sauvignon may be this winery's best effort to date. This deep purple-colored wine displays a super-expressive nose of blackcurrants, licorice, and vanillin. With a beautifully etched, medium to full-bodied feel, exquisite concentration, decent acidity, and firm but soft, sweet tannins, this is a graceful, authoritatively flavored Cabernet for drinking over the next 12-15 years.
VM 92 (7/2015): Healthy bright red-ruby. Darker aromas of black- and redcurrant, cherry, smoked meat, coffee and dark chocolate are complicated by wild spices and a balsamic cedary suggestion. The plushest and silkiest vintage to this point in my tasting, but with a firm spine of tannins and healthy acidity giving serious grip to the wine's dark berry fruit. "I started allowing the fruit to get ripe in 1990, then even riper beginning in 2003," admitted Forman. Offers a lovely combination of complexity and tannic power for such a low-octane Cabernet and finishes with a slight oaky edge (this and post-1990 vintages have been aged in 50% to 75% new barrels). (Drink between 2015-2023). Stephen Tanzer. |
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| Grace Family Vineyards |
1990 |
Cabernet Sauvignon Corroded Capsule |
$350 |
1 |
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| Groth |
1990 |
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon |
$135 |
1 |
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| Spottswoode |
1990 |
Cabernet Sauvignon |
$199 |
2 |
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| WA 87 (10/1993): An elegant bouquet of subtle cassis is followed by ripe, long, attractive flavors that possess admirable concentration. A restrained style of wine, it exhibits fine overall balance and a moderately long finish. As with most Spottswoode Cabernets , it displays an attractive purity of flavor. |
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