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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.4 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by csimm on 11/17/2023: 2018 and 2019 side by side. Okay and tannic, but less so than the stern and bitter 2018, this 2019 has broader shoulders but has little fruit expansion to offer. Check back in ten years in hopes the fruit finds its way out of the cage it’s currently in. (3096 views) | | | Tasted by jimyeni on 7/29/2023 & rated 96 points: Very concentrated, lots of oak spices. A bit tannic at the moment and a few years will do wonders. Enjoyed quite a bit regardless (3016 views) | | | Tasted by AGELVIS on 5/7/2023 & rated 94 points: Three and a half hour decant. Nearly opaque electric magenta color. Blackberry, plum, and oatmeal cookie. Dry, satiny palate, with bright, lingering, mouth filling acidity. Firm, full, plush tannins on the long finish.
This was my first ever Greer. We wanted something fun to celebrate our 28th anniversary. We were married quite young by today’s standards, so we’re not as old as one might think. ;) This Cab is young, voluptuous, and still quite primary. There’s lots of room for improvement, much like us. I hope to wait until my 30th anniversary (or longer) for the next bottle. (4048 views) | | | Tasted by sean7711 on 1/7/2023 & rated 97 points: What a beautiful wine. This wine, year in and year out always ranks consistently high for me. I gave this ~6 hours of air and drank over the next few hours. I tasted a small sip at PnP and it was as good then as it was with more air. It had this cherry vanilla, almost like a cherry starburst nose to it - very pleasant. Good Rutherford dust, very accessible. (4421 views) | | | Tasted by KPB on 10/25/2022 & rated 95 points: Needed a great deal of air (overnight); even three hours after opening the wine was still quite closed and difficult to read. Very dark, with a strikingly silky texture. Nose shows cassis / sour cherries / plums, menthol, hints of toasted brioche. Quite a strong wine from a producer I really love. Best at age 10-16. 95 now, certainly will improve in the future. A shame CT won't let me just enter 95-97 or 95+.... (3540 views) | | | Tasted by ageverett on 9/1/2022 & rated 97 points: From magnum. Got to breathe for about 3 hours. Drank over two days.
Just a gorgeous expression of Rutherford. Dark red fruit. Long, lingering finish that just sings. Might have been even better on Day 2.
While this is going to cellar nicely, no problems accessing right now. (4342 views) | | | Tasted by WineBurrowingWombat on 4/15/2022 & rated 95 points: Wine night with friends (Arizona): What a treat to be able to try something before release! Bursting on the nose with fresh and ripe red fruits, dried earth and clean oak. On the palate was similar from the nose with deep, fresh and ripe red fruits, a kick up of dust from dried earth and new oak. This was a youthful treat with primary flavors (just for now). Depending how you enjoy your poison, enjoy now by decanting and tasting along, or cellar away for 4-6 years for further development and integration. Thanks Lite for the treat! 95+ (3774 views) |
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(Greer Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Rutherford, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, The 2019 Napa Valley Cabernets: A Deep Dive (Jan 2022) (1/1/2022)
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JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley's 2019s: Part 1 (12/21/2021)
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| Greer Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Rutherford Rutherford,
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