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| Drinking window: Drink between 2007 and 2009 (based on 5 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.7 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 41 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DOH! on 3/4/2011 & rated 76 points: A little past its prime, I'm afraid. (2605 views) | | | Tasted by oldsailor on 8/9/2009 & rated 89 points: Very nice. Smooth, luscious mouthfeel, a touch of heat and acid. soft tannins. Nice balance. Agree that it's probably time to drink up. (2888 views) | | | Tasted by Bitslaw on 6/21/2009 & rated 86 points: Smooth and easy-drinking. No sharp edges or particularly distinctive notes. Muted fruit and tannins, good acidity. Drink up - I think it is all downhill from here. (3076 views) | | | Tasted by foobarski on 5/15/2009 & rated 90 points: Still quite good. Very full and rich, lots of fruit. Decanted it, and the second glass was definitely better than the first. Plenty sediment, but I expect that from a Wellington! (2986 views) | | | Tasted by tplskylrk on 11/2/2008 & rated 90 points: QPR. Dark in color, rich fruit nose, middle palate, nice finish, what more do you want for price. Very solid. NIce bright fruit attack, some coco/leather finish with light tannins and sour cherries. Drink now till 2012. (3042 views) | | | Tasted by TimothyB on 9/15/2008 & rated 88 points: The first whiff directly out of the bottle had just a little bit of heat, and then it quickly settled down. (1842 views) | | | Tasted by Corrado on 8/18/2008: Continues to grow on me and improve in the bottle. Drinking well now. (1750 views) | | | Tasted by vaaccess on 8/16/2008 & rated 91 points: This one broke the "90" barrier for me tonight. Incredible both before and during dinner. (Ribeye, red potatoes w/oil, sweet corn) (1700 views) | | | Tasted by wadcorp on 7/20/2008: Very impressive bottle! Rich fruit, with deep cherry & dark plum notes. Some sediment, but caught when the bottle was decanted. Exceptional. (1845 views) | | | Tasted by jwhite6114 on 3/14/2008: Opened and decanted about 90 minutes ago ... all of sudden, after 1½ hours, it just opened up. It amazes me how that happens. It was decent, solid, a bit acidic, at first ... starting to mellow, and then OPEN SESAME! it was suddenly full of fruity flavors, the acidity became balanced by a sweet plummish, dark fruit flavor that lasts through the finish. The mouth feel is suddenly fully, and somewhat jammy. One drink is quickly followed by the next. Love it! (2059 views) | | | Tasted by javadrinker on 3/9/2008 & rated 88 points: Not much has changed since I first had this wine a year ago. Still a solid 88 and still soft and approachable after decanting. Lot's of sediment and tartrate crystals as others have noted so decanting is a must. (2107 views) | | | Tasted by Loweeel on 1/22/2008 & rated 87 points: Night 1, starting to fade a little bit from the last bottle. Acidity is still very nice, but the fruit is more muted than I remember. Did not decant; popped and poured for glass 1, breathed for 45 mins-1 hr for glass #2. Night 1 = 86.
Night 2, a little overwhelmed by the acidity. Tannins not really apparent, but the fruit is nice. Not better, overall, though certainly different. I think this wine is approaching the end of its drinking window.
Night 3, this is the wine I remember. Maybe it's starting to go into its dumb period, because this took a while to open up. Decant this. Nice acidity, good cassis, cranberry, and sour black cherry. Nice soft tannins. (2301 views) | | | Tasted by kas on 1/2/2008 & rated 90 points: I was very impressed with this $15 bottle of wine, and can't recall any better cab for less than $30. Deep color and a rich, mature flavor. Not harsh or tannic, just an enjoyable medium body cab. Drink now. (2276 views) | | | Tasted by Loweeel on 12/27/2007 & rated 88 points: Needs to breathe a little bit. Nice soft, 60% towards full-bodied on the medium to full scale. Nice Cassis, loam, and leather; decent tannins that got stronger and better-integrated as the wine sat. A bit one-dimensional, but a great cab at the price. The antidote to overpriced, steak-only, $80 Napa Cabs. (2411 views) | | | Tasted by jcurl on 12/2/2007 flawed bottle: There is something wrong going on with this wine. Bought from Wine Garage. Cork had a tremendous amount of crystalization and below that tons of jammy sediment. Actually "pop'd" out when opened and got on my shirt! Wine didn't taste oxidized or cooked but it was rather plane. Moderate nose, some earth. This is not fruit forward at all so more like a French style but without the complexity and depth. This bottle was possibly bad but from the other reviews I sense they may have had a storage problem at the winery. (2475 views) | | | Tasted by Corrado on 11/16/2007 & rated 88 points: No formal write-up, but for the purposes of posting something meaningful, this is a clearly not your typical California fruit/jam Cabernet. Flavors here are very old-world, Christina Aguilera "Dirty" and earthy. Nose strikes me very much as something I associate with Merlot with the bacon/salty component and the flavors are very organic. Very nice work by Peter Wellington to make a California wine like this. This wine has either lost the edge it had this spring or the previous bottle was less than ideal. (2576 views) | | | Tasted by aces219 on 10/24/2007: Decanted with a filter to remove the sediment. There were many crystals stuck to the cork. Nice and earthy, tasting a little bit salty on the finish at the end of the 2nd night. Different from most (fruity) CA cabernets! (2610 views) | | | Tasted by justplainjulie on 10/15/2007 & rated 87 points: mildly dry, medium finish, lots of plum and chocolate on the nose. Pretty good wine for the price. Would buy again for under $15. (2731 views) | | | Tasted by vaaccess on 9/9/2007 & rated 89 points: For me, this again proves to be an excellent bottle of wine and also that the second bottle I had was definitely flawed. Very tasty. (2775 views) | | | Tasted by Mantorp on 7/20/2007 & rated 87 points: Ttremendous Cab, not ridiculously tannic as they can be, but just dry enough. I'm not good at describing flavors but I like it. (2914 views) | | | Tasted by vaaccess on 7/15/2007 flawed bottle: There must have been something wrong with this bottle...A large amount of "jam" stuck to the bottom of the cork and it's tasting pretty nasty, honestly. Definitely different than my last bottle. (2956 views) | | | Tasted by ncwinos on 6/30/2007 & rated 88 points: decanted. did not taste immediately upon opening but after about an hour. smooth, not much tannins. nice fruit and a great finish. (3223 views) | | | Tasted by dnarayanan on 6/24/2007 & rated 88 points: color: deep ruby near the bottom, though hints of light are able to make it through near the top as the color fades
aroma: my notes from last night escape me, though plum and alcohol were near the front of the nose
taste: rich and complex bordeaux-style. chocolate, plum, a hint of vanilla. fresh cut grass and sawdust make up part of this complex taste. some heat on the finish. a bit tart on the beginning, but opened up nicely. some dryness associated with it.
finish:- long and lingering, though with some heat and dryness.
ageeabilty:- likely meant to be drunk within 3 years or so, was a bit tart on the beginning, but opened up well. tartness will likely blend in nicely over a year. hopefully i can save my remaining bottle for 6 months.
overall feel: the 'unquantifiable stuff' - was a wonderful wine to enjoy by myself, though would suggest letting it open up a bit. i drank the bottle over about 2 hours and didn't decant at all, and noticed the end did taste a lot better than the beginning. i found myself looking forward to the next drink more and more, and shying away from anything to eat (like the brie i had on hand) as i didn't want to corrupt the enjoyment i was getting from the bottle. exactly what i expect out of a 15 dollar bottle. (3110 views) | | | Tasted by Loweeel on 6/22/2007 & rated 88 points: Bottle #2, just a very nice-drinking Cab that is pleasant to drink alone. Merlot adds roundness. Quiet nose, but a long, delicious finish, round in your mouth. (2840 views) | | | Tasted by Ander on 6/13/2007: I do like this wine, full body, nice understated complexity, with a medium to long finish. (2878 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Cabernet 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 CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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