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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 4/2/2018 & rated 92 points: Enjoyable drink . After some air, tobacco nose. Pure single-vineyard fruit dominates the palate with a touch of citrus. Not as full bodied as I would expect for a 2010 but perhaps it will improve with age. (1396 views) | | Tasted by bigdomer on 7/15/2013 & rated 90 points: smooth, medium tannins, lighter in style without much structure. Black fruits. Quality doesn't match the price on this one. (2650 views) |
| By Antonio Galloni Vinous, 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: An Epic Vintage (Dec 2012) (Harris Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Jake's Creek Vineyard Diamond Mountain) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer Vinous, May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162 (Harris Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Jake's Creek Vineyard Calistoga Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011) (Harris Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Jake's Creek Vineyard Diamond Mountain) Subscribe to see review text. | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| Harris Estate Vineyards 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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