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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2011 (based on 7 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.3 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 55 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Coleman on 11/9/2014 & rated 87 points: Nice wine, the past its time. Nose is still full with black and red fruits. Palate has plum and cherry, but thin in the mid-palate, and tannins seem to have vanished. Should have drank 1 to 2 years ago. (3043 views) | | | Tasted by Coleman on 9/22/2013 & rated 88 points: Nice wine, fading a little. Plum, bing cherry, and some cassis. (3900 views) | | | Tasted by Coleman on 2/1/2013 & rated 89 points: Dark. Lots of plum, cherry, cassis. Well-made wine, great structure. Improves with more air time, which is impressive for a wine with years already behind it. (4341 views) | | | Tasted by Coleman on 8/20/2012 & rated 89 points: Blackberry, black cherry, a little spice, a little plum. (4650 views) | | | Tasted by Rcolella on 4/10/2012: drinking well now (4940 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 2/17/2012 & rated 89 points: Great value, nice niose of deep berries. Smooth finish and good flavors of dark berries, a hiint of cherry and a hint of vanilla. (2745 views) | | | Tasted by Rcolella on 1/16/2012: very good (1888 views) | | | Tasted by lebo9968@gmail.com on 6/17/2011 & rated 88 points: Good color and depth. Lots of dark red berry falvors and aromas with a touch of green / vegetal. (2004 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 6/12/2011 & rated 89 points: This wine is aging very nicely. The nose is enticing with dark fruit and plum. Nice color. Good complexity in the mouth and nice tannins make the wine enjoyable. A medium finish. (1881 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 5/5/2011 & rated 85 points: Great nose of deep plum. Good color. The taste was a bit flat though--it did not match the nose and the finish was a bit short. (1959 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 1/21/2011 & rated 88 points: Nice solid good drinking wine. Good color and nose. Light tannins on the taste with some structure to support it and a lingering finish. (2308 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 12/25/2010 & rated 89 points: Crowd pleaser. Well balanced Cabernet. Good color, light fruit and nice tannins. Dark berry flavors with a nice finish. (2449 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 11/2/2010 & rated 88 points: Easy drinking nice complexity and tannins especially for the prince. Nice nose and good finish. Dark berry flavors stands well on its own. (2599 views) | | | Tasted by Billy Booze Bag on 10/1/2010 & rated 91 points: The wine looks Purple colored.
The legs are Medium.
It smells like and Raisin.
It tastes like and Mushroom.
The body is Medium/Full.
The wine is textured Smooth.
The wine finishes Medium. (1701 views) | | | Tasted by The Kokopelli on 9/3/2010 & rated 89 points: A lighter style Cabernet Sauvignon with a nose of vanilla and black raspberry. Tastes of black raspberry and oak are bolstered with some blueberry mid-palate. The smooth, medium length finish continues with black raspberry and oak. This wine is a very nice deal at it's price point (<$15). (2616 views) | | | Tasted by rjdoan on 7/19/2010 & rated 88 points: Luscious deep currant flavors and nose. Solid but not over powering tannins and a good finish. Subtle fruit--not a fruit bomb and good complexity to support the wine. (2705 views) | | | Tasted by lebo9968@gmail.com on 5/15/2010 & rated 90 points: Solid dark red color. Nose and palate of vanilla and fruit. Nice mouthfeel and balance. (2929 views) | | | Tasted by jjlobi on 4/25/2010 & rated 87 points: I liked this cab. Flavorful, not too full bodied. Possessed the Napa cab characteristics. (2927 views) | | | Tasted by mtaczak on 4/15/2010 & rated 83 points: Perhaps I had the Tall Trees designate late time, or maybe my palate's just matured faster than my memory, but if this is typical of Villa Mt Eden then I'm put off. Tart and acidic with very little fruit, oak, varietal character, or tannin, there's not really a whole lot to keep me drinking. It's not BAD, just not ... much or anything, really. It's a red wine. (3038 views) | | | Tasted by BYbarra on 3/25/2010 & rated 88 points: Full body wine, oak, vanilla, floral (3078 views) | | | Tasted by Alesha on 3/1/2010 & rated 81 points: Good cab for price (3120 views) | | | Tasted by Alesha on 3/1/2010 & rated 80 points: Good cab for the price (3161 views) | | | Tasted by tonybona on 1/23/2010 & rated 88 points: nice cab for the price (3286 views) | | | Tasted by michigan dogs on 1/14/2010 & rated 80 points: not as good as previous bottles, inexpensive cab worth a try (3446 views) | | | Tasted by quagland on 10/24/2009 & rated 89 points: Similar notes from 6/16 (3856 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Villa Mt. Eden 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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