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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 83 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wrmayfield@gmail.com on 2/8/2024: Delicious full bodied with good tannin finish. Enjoyed with chips and salsa!! (132 views) | | | Tasted by Jshire on 9/4/2022 & rated 92 points: Decanted 1+hours. Deep magenta . Black fruit tobacco , and leather. Clean finish with medium tannin's. Great with short ribs. Drinking extremely well at 21 years.
. (504 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 9/23/2021 & rated 91 points: Similar to the 1/20/21 bottle except for some oxidation in the mid-palate. Drink up! (669 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 1/20/2021 & rated 93 points: Similar to the 5/21/16 bottle except more coffee and briar notes. (910 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 12/29/2017 & rated 93 points: Similar to the 5/21/16 bottle. (2370 views) | | | Tasted by hsacks on 5/21/2016 & rated 93 points: Deep purple/red color. Aromas of blackberries, licorice, eucalyptus and oak spices. Ripe, full-bodied fruit in the mouth with excellent depth and length and well-integrated tannins and oak. Very silky and thick on the palate. A delicious Napa Cab at the sweet spot of maturity. (3736 views) | | | Tasted by lynarthur on 8/24/2015 & rated 91 points: Very smooth - needed to decant for a couple of hours but was still going strong. This could have lasted another couple of years but doubt it will be much better. (3950 views) | | | Tasted by Cholera on 8/22/2015 & rated 95 points: This was the hit of the night tremendous bottle. We started with a very well-balanced Pinot Noir to pair with Thai food. We then allowed the Darioush to decant for approximately 45 minutes. The initial nose was very tight with balanced tannins on first sip. As the bottle allowed to breathe, there was tremendous balance in stone fruit and mild oak, licorice, toast and casis, with a long, enduring finish. The long finish and the nose of the wine were tremendous. As the vapors Permeated the nasal passages it change the profile of the wine to one of almost a ethereal, silky, luxurious and buttery mouthfeel. This is a very well-balanced and finely tuned wine, drinking
very well now and likely to do so for several more years. Its definately not passed prime. I thought the 2007 vintage was very good, imagine laying that bottle down for another 10 years. Drink up you won't be disappointed. (3708 views) | | | Tasted by KeithSurg on 12/8/2014 & rated 93 points: Opened and tasted over 2 hrs. Deep brick color with crimson edges. Ripe fruit with caramel, leather and cinnamon notes. Velvety mouthfeel with a smooth, consistent finish. Drinking well now with a couple of years left. (4022 views) | | | Tasted by michigan dogs on 8/21/2014 & rated 93 points: 2003 was not a good vintage so my expectation was muted and felt wine needed to be drank. Decanted for 3 hours. Initially I was not getting anything on the nose, but flavor was good 90pts. Over the next hour the wine kept on improving to our pleasant surprise. Wine ended up being terrific and was actually better than the 07 that we tasted this against. WS identified this wine as being one of the best from that vintage in a retasting recently, I agree! (3221 views) | | | Tasted by libero on 3/3/2014 & rated 92 points: Still during... (2493 views) | | | Tasted by go blue wine on 12/31/2013 & rated 91 points: A great way to cap the end if 2013. Beautiful nose, soft palate with blackberry and raspberry, and a smooth finish (2160 views) | | | Tasted by lviehmyer on 9/8/2013 & rated 96 points: I know 2003 wasn't the BEST year for California Cabs but this 10 year old is drinking beautifully. Brick color from the bottle to the decanter. Ninety minutes later, with some manchego and a grilled filet the pairing was complete. The tannins were soft, the finish was long and the depth of dark fruit permeated the mouth. I only wish I had a couple more bottles. (2532 views) | | | Tasted by rwstorer on 7/16/2013 & rated 93 points: Similar note to previous. Starting to really soften and mellow out. Everyone enjoyed this wine. (2190 views) | | | Tasted by JonnyG on 3/7/2013 & rated 91 points: Robust, balanced and satisfying, with well-integrated oak and muted notes of spice and vanilla. A bit extracted and lacking in structure but quite well done overall. (2142 views) | | | Tasted by imastew on 6/22/2012 & rated 91 points: popped and poured... starts with great smell and flavor,a little heat,but the finish has to be one of the quickest in memory.For such initial promise. I almost forget what im tasting as I swallow(no pun intended).After an hour in the glass/bottle it's strutting a little more. This thing will be drank before it can evolve properly. Overall a satisfactory tasting. (2953 views) | | | Tasted by jbehrendt on 4/14/2012 & rated 92 points: Wonderful with roast leg of lamb. Had for Easter dinner with family. (2739 views) | | | Tasted by shereen on 12/31/2011 & rated 92 points: Wow. Delicious ripe fruit with great balance and soft tannins on paletter. Yummy with dark chocolate. Wish we had more. Last bottle. (2722 views) | | | Tasted by tcufletch on 10/8/2011 & rated 90 points: Bought this four years ago after having a bottle at Bob's Steak and Chop in Dallas. The first red wine that my wife really got into. It was very nice that night and was still enjoyable tonight.
Very easy drinking and better with food as it showed more acid that went well with a steak. Some of the tannins seem to have disapperaed. The nose wasn't as strong as I remembered and was hoping for but that may have been due to the fact that I was in the midst of cooking dinner. Dark fruit, earth, light cocoa, and menthol in the mouth but very nice, smooth and balanced; still had some complexity and you could tell that it was well-made. Medium finish. (1965 views) | | | Tasted by bcmatthias on 8/2/2011 & rated 90 points: Very nice. Chocolate, velvety feel, light notes of green pepper. (1800 views) | | | Tasted by bcmatthias on 5/16/2011 & rated 90 points: Vanilla, oak, but balanced. Dark fruit. (1859 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 2/11/2011 & rated 91 points: DARK RICH CHOCOLATE AND DEEP RED FRUIT NOTES. PLENTY OF BACKBONE FOR FURTHER BOTTLE AGING (3508 views) | | | Tasted by Paul Lin on 9/1/2010 & rated 91 points: This wine is ready to go. There's no reason to hold on to it any longer, especially if you are fan of this style of California Cabernet. Round and smooth with notes of cassis, plum, and blackberries. A touch of sweet tobacco and espresso towards the finish. While utterly delicious, the low acidity (some might say it's flabby even) and fully-integrated tannins tell me that this wine should be consumed in the relatively short term. 91-92 points. (3939 views) | | | Tasted by Wink on 7/19/2010 & rated 94 points: Haven't had a bottle of this for a few years. It has really knitted together nicely. Dark purple. Wonderful nose of dark fruit, graphite, and smoke. Ripe, balanced palate of beautiful dark fruit, minerals, mint, and espresso. Wonderful length. Silky texture. Pleasant acidity. Supple tannins. The oak is much more integrated than last time I drank this. Outstanding! Probably won' get better than it is right now. (3497 views) | | | Tasted by michigan dogs on 7/9/2010 & rated 91 points: terrific cab, Mike @ mark raved about it. (3606 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/28/2007)
(Darioush Cabernet Sauvignon) Mulberry, vanilla nose; tasty, blackberry and caramel oak palate; medium-plus finish 91 points |
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| Darioush 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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