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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by jperez68 on 11/26/2015 & rated 95 points: I can not rate it by itself my wife used it in a sangria with apple cider,calvados,pear liquor and simple sugar. The sangria gets a 98 so I give this wine a 94 for being part of the sangria. (1896 views) | | Tasted by bboomer on 4/13/2013 & rated 93 points: Deliciously balanced at this stage! The wine looks Ruby colored. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Smooth texture. (3560 views) | | Tasted by comlaw on 9/29/2012 & rated 89 points: Very pleasant California Cabernet. Good fruit tannin and complexity. Drink now. (3911 views) | | Tasted by DocJLB on 11/16/2011 & rated 89 points: I'm not sure what previous raters were drinking. I received this bottle as a gift, opened it and poured through Vinturi aerator directly into the glass. Both nose and palate enjoyed this bottle immensely, with lush dark fruit, complexity, nice finish. I would love to find a few more bottles of this vintage. (5086 views) | | Tasted by GoodfellaWizeguy on 8/17/2011 & rated 83 points: It was okay. Taste was on the bitter side, with an almost chemical like flavor. I will likely not buy again. (4879 views) | | Tasted by michigan dogs on 4/4/2011 & rated 79 points: average is high. oh well, rec'd from a good friend with a recommendation (3616 views) | | Tasted by dino_mike on 2/17/2011 & rated 83 points: Nice toasty and tobacco with a decidedly dry edge. Fruit is almost gone so drink up. (2182 views) | | Tasted by moega on 1/19/2011 & rated 81 points: Difficulty with the cork, almost corked but was able to salvage. Kind of interesting, has a smell that is somewhat alcoholic. Taste is good, fairly typical low to mid-range California Cab. (1651 views) |
| Francis Ford Coppola 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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