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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 7/24/2021 & rated 96 points: Another ethereal bottle of La Jota. Beetroot, roses, and lofty plums on the nose. These notes follow on the palate with anise, cedar, and earth, all enveloped in a silken robe of mellow tannins. Great balance, deeply saturated fruits. Simply superb. Drink now - 2030. (649 views) | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 1/3/2021 & rated 91 points: Initially volatile acidity and strong barnyard aroma and taste. That lessened with air. It never attained the beautiful elegance of previous bottles, but was serviceable. (823 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 12/7/2020 & rated 95 points: Decanted two hours. This is still going strong with pure blueberry liqueur, earth, black pepper, relaxed tannins, some floral notes. Showing beautifully at 20 years and good for at least another five. (1134 views) | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 6/10/2018 & rated 95 points: A beautiful mountain cabernet, showing deeply saturated flavors of cherry, anise, and cola. La Jota has a long finish and smooth, refined tannins. A full bodied, balanced wine drinking exceptionally well right now. (1505 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 12/30/2017 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured. Classic Howell Mountain Cabernet showing very well. After being open 90 minutes or so there was a touch of campfire added into the well-integrated fruit, oak, acid and alcohol. You wouldn't know this was from a challenging year. (1579 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 9/17/2017 & rated 93 points: Great effort for a challenging vintage but then it's Howell Mountain. Pungent nose of barnyard and forest floor that some may not be able to get past. On the palate, focused dark mountain fruit, licorice, dark chocolate, coffee, and tart autumn leaves. If you enjoy this style don't overlook it due to the vintage, but be warned it's not a crowd pleaser. (1383 views) | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 3/3/2017 & rated 97 points: Bricking. Mushrooms and cherries on the nose. Candied cherries backed by clean acidity, juicy licorice, with dark plums, forest floor and complexity that is nimble and light on its feet. Long on the palate with waves of flavor. Worth seeking out. At its peak now through 2023. (1559 views) | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 9/3/2016 & rated 95 points: Dark garnet. No bricking. Not much aroma, but deep harmonious flavors of anise, cherry, a touch of blueberry and strawberry. Super silky tannins. Growing complexity. This is just coming into its own. Drink now through 2025, but will drink well through 2030. (1817 views) | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 6/10/2016 & rated 94 points: A wonderful California Cabernet. Drinking super smooth now, with a delicate sweetness, complex fruits, and terrific length. One of California's last classic cabernets--without all the blousy fruit and alcohol. Wonderful. (1369 views) | | | Tasted by Lipsman on 8/10/2014 & rated 89 points: Needs an hour decanting. No bricking. Dark garnet. Clean aromas of red fruits. A little bitter tea flavor suggests this could use more time in the bottle. Full bodied, long on the palate. Moderately complex. Should improve. Try again in 2018-2019. (2104 views) | | | Tasted by elheffey on 3/6/2013 & rated 92 points: - Brick color - Drank well... (2584 views) | | | Tasted by AMC Eagle on 12/17/2011 & rated 89 points: Popped and poured through a vinturri. Dark raspberry/black cherry in color. Very nice legs on the glass. Cassis, dark red fruits, with some cola and a hint of an old cigar box on the nose. Black fruits, some tobacco, and old leather, and some cedar box on the tongue. A bit tannic on the palate also with some heat at the end along with some tartiness. Light-medium bodied wine. The fruit seems to be a bit lacking overall for a Howell Mountain product. 89+ (2929 views) | | | Tasted by pdadams66 on 11/13/2009 & rated 89 points: As before, but tannins and acid a little reduced, making for a better balanced wine. Finish is still a little muted.
Good with food might get better over the next two years. (3017 views) | | | Tasted by bigdomer on 7/11/2009 & rated 79 points: Not as tannic as one would expect from a Howell Mtn wine. Extremely earthy, almost farmy. Reminded me of a Kunde Cab. I am a huge howell mtn fan and was very, very disappointed with this effort. I tried this over a period of 5 hours trying to get it to come around, but I never found the fruit. (3114 views) | | | Tasted by pdadams66 on 5/21/2009 & rated 89 points: Deep dark red center, red rim with some age, full legs.
Cassis, smoke, stalky, dark plums, shellac, wood, pepper.
Soft entry, lighter red fruits, some maturity, followed by acidity & tannin, good length with slightly tart overtones.
Excellent, but future unclear. If the fruit survives a couple of years the tannin and acid will reduce and leave a great wine. (2306 views) |
| La Jota Producer website
Jackson Family WinesCabernet 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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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