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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.8 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 61 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mp6283 on 3/28/2020: Deep red/purple color, no real signs of age. A little menthol on the nose. Some dusty tannins on the palate but otherwise the smooth, full bodied cab I expect from Hall. Nice buy at auction for cents on the dollar. (1058 views) | | | Tasted by rpontual on 11/21/2018 & rated 93 points: It is drinking nicely, tannins resolved. (1403 views) | | | Tasted by Mark V on 9/1/2018 & rated 88 points: An OK cab (1452 views) | | | Tasted by rhanke on 8/30/2018 & rated 88 points: Not very good. Expect better from Halll (1389 views) | | | Tasted by Mischa3000 on 5/8/2016 & rated 93 points: Still life in it, easily 2-3 years to go. All dark fruit here, wonderful bouquet of flint, menthol, and currants. (2764 views) | | | Tasted by N.Bonaparte on 3/6/2016 & rated 90 points: Needs 45 minutes, less fruit forward then anticipated. In prime with plenty of life left. (1964 views) | | | Tasted by bwk on 5/15/2015 & rated 89 points: Restrained, dark red fruit, tobacco and leather. Very evident tennis a great match for our Delmonico steak. Not your typical NV fruit bomb that while a bit lacking, is also rather a pleasant change. Enjoy with red meat. (2219 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 11/26/2014 & rated 90 points: Not particularly complex but nice nonetheless. No detailed notes, no lengthy aftertaste. (2336 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 10/2/2014 & rated 90 points: Watered-down dark fruit aromas, faint smell of fresh-hewn wood. Dark fruit continues on palate, with a dryness to midpalate. Not bad, reasonable for $35 until I recall any of the countless Quilceda reds at the same price point. This was fine right out of hte bottle. (2410 views) | | | Tasted by SABRCW on 11/28/2013 & rated 91 points: Excellent single vineyard cab. Opened up nicely after being in the glass for ab hour or so. Has life ahead and will improve. Suggest decanting for at least an hour. (2334 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 9/2/2013: Slow-O 1 hr, served non-blind. My impression is the same as iamandyc's. Nothing remarkable here, but it was made even more obvious by the fact that it followed 2000 Opus One and 2000 Viader. Not something I would seek out. (2905 views) | | | Tasted by Mischa3000 on 6/13/2013 & rated 92 points: This is not your typical jammy CA Cab fruitbomb, it reminds me more of a left bank Bordeaux (in spite of being close to 95% cabernet sauvignon). The tannins are massive, I'd give this a min of 5 years before breaking into these. At this price point it's not bad to pick up 3 bottles and see what happens. Nice layers of all the classic darkfruits are here, nice structure; everything's here to make this a perfectly enjoyable wine in a few years. (2235 views) | | | Tasted by Noahc on 6/4/2013 & rated 88 points: Not the best showing wine, certainly for the price, but the artwork on the bottle is nice. Purple, nose has a lot of sulfur and a merlot-like character. Tannins a bit harsh and grape stemmy, but has some structure that could hold up with longer time. Unfortunately, for such a young wine, the cork was nearly leaking and I doubt it would have held up for four more years. (1980 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 5/30/2013 & rated 86 points: This one was better than the other two. Decanted for 2 hours. Not a good effort from Hall Winery. I wonder if they are trying to do too many wines. Why not do just a few and do them great? (1911 views) | | | Tasted by vegasoenophile on 5/9/2013 & rated 88 points: Toffee and blackberry aromas. Woody black currant and tar. On the palate, dark tobacco leaf, black plum, black currant, cassis and graphite minerality. Herbal notes. Very dry. (1318 views) | | | Tasted by iamandyc on 4/25/2013 & rated 86 points: Impression from first night. Decanted and drank over 2 hours. Good, bold mid-week cab. Not very refined and still has an edginess to the tannins. Amped and rustic. Think it might improve with time. (1251 views) | | | Tasted by GoHeels on 3/29/2013 & rated 91 points: We're big fans of most Hall wines, originally attracted by Kathryn Hall's namesake cab. That said, I'd been holding off drinking these from our club shipment and, frankly, looking for an opportunity to give them away due to the tasting notes and ratings that I've seen here. Glad that I didn't. We let this decant for about 90 minutes and found it to be very good. A different taste profile than the Napa Cab, but still a solid effort. Nose was a bit muted but the palate was ripe red and black fruit. A fairly short finish that showed solid balance. I really wondered after drinking this if I somehow got a bottle of something different than the other tasters here. (1110 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 3/7/2013 & rated 84 points: Starts bitter and finishes bitter. Disappointing having come from the Hall family. (1491 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 1/9/2013 & rated 82 points: Not a fan. I usually have good experiences from Hall, but this one was not. The wine lacked taste compared to their white label or red label cab. (1506 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Hall Producer website
Since first working in her family’s Mendocino vineyards, Kathryn Hall dreamed of a place to showcase fine wines alongside expressive art and masterful architecture. Now, Kathryn and Craig Hall are creating an unrivalled destination
in the Napa Valley—where winemaking excellence meets contemporary design to celebrate life and inspire the senses.In 2005, Craig and Kathryn Hall unveiled a state-of-the-art winery amid the legendary Sacrashe Vineyard in the hills
of Rutherford that is dedicated to making single vineyard and limited-production wines. The Halls acquired the historic Bergfeld winery in St. Helena in 2003, and are merging history and innovation with the completion of California's
First Winery to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification.
HALL’s estate vineyards encompass more than five hundred acres of classic Bordeaux varietals; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc.
As winegrowers, the Halls have a strong respect for the environment and a commitment to cutting-edge vineyard technology to yield the highest quality grapes.
Through meticulous attention to detail in the vineyards, HALL wines are able to express the unique and diverse character of Napa Valley’s soils and climate.
A visit to Hall Rutherford Estate Napa Valley =
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https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2017/08/hall-rutherford-winery-estate.htmlCabernet 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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