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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 48 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 2/11/2024 & rated 91 points: With my nephew at our house. No detailed notes. Decanted for two hours and drank over another three. Dark ruby colour. Concentrated blue and dark fruit and some red fruit, a vegetal/herbaceous aspect that adds complexity but does not fully fit the rest of the picture, bitter chocolate, light tobacco, spices, and vanilla, with medium-level acidity, lightly grainy tannin, and very good persistence. The alcohol is lightly warming and felt higher than the 14% ABV stated on the label. The new oak is present, and the texture is grainy/sandpapery and not as smooth as one would hope for. The wine has great concentration and outstanding length but needs a few more year to integrate the oak and soften the texture. 91(+) (1360 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 7/15/2023 & rated 95 points: Black fruit,
Blue fruit, cedar, cassis, herbal notes, leather finishes balanced A (1763 views) | | | Tasted by Twopawsup on 7/15/2023 & rated 93 points: Dark ruby color with medium legs. Oak, cassis and blackberry on the nose, which really opened up after two hours in the decanter. Chewy palate with plum and black tea dominate. Long leathery finish. (1910 views) | | | Tasted by brennan18 on 2/12/2023 & rated 92 points: Super Bowl 2023: this was better than I expected, not a typical Calif fruit bomb but nuanced & sophisticated. I will try to provide more detailed notes later, but on the nose & palate ripe black and dark red fruits with a pleasant undertone of herbs de provence, lavender, thyme, mint along with cassis and a wonderfully smooth finish. Drinks very easy. Medium to dark garnet in the glass with long, slow legs. Medium acidity, alcohol; low sweetness. Decanted for an hour before serving and consumed over the course of the football game. Has the backbone to go another 5-8 years (maybe 10) without losing any structure or character.
Would I buy again: yes - highly recommended. An excellent Bordeaux blend from a quality Calif producer that has some history. I have a couple bottles left and would definitely buy more if I see it in the $45-50 range. A wine with character, nuance and class that stands out among the usual Napa offerings in its price range.
NB: my wife (who *hates* most Calif wines) said she really liked it, thought it was French (I didn't tell her 🤠) (2441 views) | | | Tasted by pauldrinksgsm on 1/7/2023 & rated 86 points: It's a bit too fruity but not substantial (2337 views) | | | Tasted by KAT9 on 11/19/2022 & rated 92 points: Much more integrated compare to last time. Napa fruits but not over the top, some herbal characters showed up. Balance on the palate. (2032 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 8/8/2022 & rated 92 points: Bought one of these almost a year ago to check out the vintage and consider buying more. Just getting around to it while vacationing in Banff NP and happy to report this is a compelling CA Cab with plenty of old world crossover character. Unfortunately, I was forced to PnP at The Sensory restaurant in Canmore. Usually I’d either decant a young cab blend or slow ox. So the structure needed either more time or more air than I could provide but this was totally in my wheelhouse and I’ll buy more if I see them. 91-92 (2172 views) | | | Tasted by R.Jos.Valent on 2/23/2022 & rated 93 points: Well balanced, ripe black fruit and slight truffle. Fairly nice finish with
baking spice, cedar and dry tannin mouth feel. Give it 2 to 3 hours of air
prior to serving. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by mdanser on 2/23/2022 & rated 93 points: Deep garnet color. Strong alcohol, berry, leather, earth on the nose. Lots of pepper to taste. Cooked cherry, sour apple, oak, black pepper, all spice. Medium high alcohol, medium low sweetness, medium acidity. Drinking fairly well in 2022. Could easily see this going another 5-10 years. (2574 views) | | | Tasted by joraesque on 12/3/2021 & rated 87 points: A bit flabby, and also a bit too fruit-forward. Disappointing. 14.2% ABV.
87+ (2353 views) | | | Tasted by pswines1908 on 11/21/2021 & rated 85 points: Not my style. Earth and pepper notes. More like a cab franc imo. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 11/7/2021 & rated 95 points: Black fruit, herbal notes, cassis, chocolate, smokey oak, leather, tannins. A (2117 views) | | | Tasted by Sonoma-W on 10/31/2021: Disappointing! Nothing approaching the great rubicons we have had. Issue with the bottle? (291 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 10/23/2021 & rated 94 points: Black fruit, herbal notes, cedar cassis hints of chocolate, big tannins A (1544 views) | | | Tasted by bhzhong on 10/22/2021: Well balanced and not as big as I originally expected. A very firm tannin and well structured. I was surprised as I was expecting something different like a typical Californian wine, but I did enjoy its subtlety. Reminded me of a French wine. (1354 views) | | | Tasted by wineotim on 7/12/2021 & rated 92 points: Ask expected very similar in style to my review of the '15 vintage. This one lacking some of the richness though. Still very close, three days to finish and it didn't change much. (2306 views) | | | Tasted by KAT9 on 6/5/2021 & rated 91 points: A lot of red fruits, slight earthy, higher acidity than normal. Tannin is resolved. Ok to drink now but in a year or two should be better. (2045 views) | | | Tasted by josephkolinsky on 5/19/2021 & rated 93 points: Old school vineyard that brings high quality to every darn bottle. LOVED this one. Had it with burgers on a Saturday evening and it danced with the meal like it took classes at Alvin Ailey. (1794 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 10/28/2020 & rated 93 points: Big black fruit, blue fruit, cedar, spice, Smokey oak. A-/A (2878 views) | | | Tasted by Heimanator on 8/12/2020 & rated 92 points: Great can
Will repeat (2711 views) | | | Tasted by Basegad on 3/7/2020 & rated 90 points: Tasted at the winery and found it to be too young and tight. Will let my bottles age until 2023 or later to mellow. (2768 views) | | | Tasted by Eamc2 on 5/13/2019 & rated 92 points: Young, but smoothed out after decanting. Definitely can age, but great with a steak now. (3489 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley’s 2017s (1/31/2020)
(Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 & 2018 Napa Valley In Depth (Jan 2020) (1/1/2020)
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(Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Napa Valley’s Extraordinary 2016 Cabernets (Dec 2018) (12/1/2018)
(Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (10/15/2018)
(Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Rutherford, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Brilliance in Napa Valley: 2016 & 2015 Cabernets (Jan 2018) (1/18/2018)
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| Inglenook 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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