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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2011 (based on 11 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 82.4 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by PIntag on 5/14/2015 & rated 85 points: Sound bottle. Ripe fruit, confected sweetness, really tastes very young. Simple and sweet, lacks structure and acidity. First glass was drinkable but my palate tired very quickly of this and I couldn't choke down another glass. (2196 views) | | | Tasted by pshigg on 1/14/2012 & rated 89 points: Glad I waited on this one. Followed a 2002 Raymond Reserve Cabernet and wasn't far behind in quality. (4025 views) | | | Tasted by Coleman on 4/22/2010 & rated 89 points: Nice dark color. I really like this wine-- cherry and plum that has a plush mouthfeel. Not super complex, but begs for the next sip. I think this is a really nice wine, and a very good QPR. 89.5 2/5/10 (4054 views) | | | Tasted by acoulson on 2/9/2010 & rated 88 points: light , good and reasonable cost but not hold for long term (4260 views) | | | Tasted by kenito799 on 6/8/2009 & rated 82 points: Dark. Cooked plums and jammy fruit on the nose, some hints of chocolate. Fairly sweet, jammy, rich, some heat. Strong fruity California style that is pretty boring but not bad. (4327 views) | | | Tasted by WineProw on 12/14/2008 & rated 50 points: Impulse buy at the checkout when buying some other bottles. Went into it with zero preconceived notions. Upon pouring, it was very dark and inky in color. Can't describe the nose exactly but with the exception of some strong alcohol it led me to expect a big fruity/jammy wine. I wish I would have stopped there. This wine was awful. I couldn't drink a whole glass. This is the first time I've had to abandon a bottle. (3062 views) | | | Tasted by Dave124 on 1/29/2008 & rated 85 points: Faint nose of fruit. Taste of a decent average red Cabernet. Good to have with guests that aren't big wine drinkers. Very smooth but not very exciting. Probably paying for the name more than anything with this wine. Not bad, just a lack of body. (2012 views) |
| 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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