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| | Vintage | 2007 |  Label 1 of 316 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Cakebread Cellars (web) | | Variety | Cabernet Sauvignon | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | USA | | Region | California | | SubRegion | Napa Valley | | Appellation | Napa Valley | | UPC Code(s) | 000000015930, 000000049887, 000000100182, 000000159302, 000015632456, 084692198221, 084692479146, 086891072913, 400002092391, 400002103066, 400100004883, 456413259205, 686014000528, 848803000205 |
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| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 358 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by scaredone on 12/2/2022 & rated 88 points: Mind numbingly boring one dimensional wine not in any way in league with its price. Sweet fruit juice maybe. (1212 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 11/26/2021 & rated 95 points: Very nice! 1hr+ decant. Dark red color. Prime drinking time. Nose has dark cherries, coconut, and cedar. Wine is deep and extremely smooth. Medium finish. Classic Napa Cab! (2069 views) | | | Tasted by Winegirl1959 on 8/31/2021 & rated 93 points: Rich, deep earthy blackberry, aged leather, lovely smoky essence. Every sip delicious! (2183 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 6/27/2021 & rated 90 points: 1hr+ decant. Medium red color. Started out great but faded fairly quickly. Had an initial resemblance to good Bordeaux but ended up more like the ‘10 Domaine Eden Cab. Lacked some fruit and was high in tannins, acidity, and tartness. Ironically it went well with smoked pork chops. Definitely past prime. (2299 views) | | | Tasted by Brentwjohnston1932 on 4/16/2021 & rated 93 points: Suberb, subtle and very smooth- washing out a hair given its age- drink pronto! (2424 views) | | | Tasted by osharyn on 1/23/2021 & rated 90 points: Very Smooth (1936 views) | | | Tasted by mjgkng on 1/1/2021 & rated 92 points: Spectacular. Rich blackberry, black cherry and boysenberry. Coffee and spice. Aged well and decantered for several hours. (1345 views) | | | Tasted by Gladstone Lake on 12/26/2020 & rated 92 points: Depth of purple color, beautiful on the nose. Drinking well now, but I wouldn’t wait much longer to consume. (1187 views) | | | Tasted by CoastCabCritic on 11/26/2020: Drinking well now, soft and subtle blackberry notes. (1281 views) | | | Tasted by anil@taneja.ca on 8/20/2020 & rated 93 points: Went down very easily (1376 views) | | | Tasted by wmccone54 on 7/25/2020 & rated 92 points: I’ve always been a bit skeptical of this label given its anointment and status as a “cult wine” and its prominence on most high end restaurant wine lists. Quite surprisingly, I’ve got to bow and give the “devil his due”...after thirteen years, this is holding very well, showing no signs of fading. Balanced, red fruits, still lots of structure, demonstrative, lengthy, and lots of complexity. Can drink now, but this can cellar for another 4-5 years. Kudos. (1224 views) | | | Tasted by sdwineguru on 7/7/2020 & rated 92 points: Older Napa Cabernet showing well 2007 Cakebread Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon. Sharp, mid-dark garnet, brick edges; Cabernet, cassis. black fruit, cocoa and smoke nose; mid-body; tannins starting to smooth out; long slightly hot (14.4 alc.) chewy finish. w/prime rib. 16.5-17 UC Davis scale, 91-92 other scales. (1282 views) | | | Tasted by MadMac74 on 5/11/2020 & rated 91 points: Pnp with filet, robust flavor mostly on front end. (1578 views) | | | Tasted by ocfriday on 1/31/2020 & rated 91 points: Muted fruit, subtle old world taste and feeling. Blind taste - you would not know you were not drinking a Bordeaux. Wonderful place right now .. (1778 views) | | | Tasted by Marshmallowman on 1/4/2020 & rated 92 points: fruit-forward blend of black currant, blackberry and boysenberry, joined by seductive chocolate, roast coffee and vanilla accents. (1483 views) | | | Tasted by Rcapria on 6/26/2019 & rated 91 points: d (2284 views) | | | Tasted by erush on 1/6/2019: Delicious, Cakebread never disappoints. (2819 views) | | | Tasted by ADiamond on 8/23/2018 & rated 87 points: P,&P, a little of a fruit bomb in the beginning, but it settled in as the meal progressed (3114 views) | | | Tasted by jedwilson on 7/27/2018 & rated 93 points: Cakebread continues to impress, especially for its price point. Well-integrated, chewy with dark, earthy fruit and solid finish. This vintage still has legs for probably 1-2 years more before peaking. (2987 views) | | | Tasted by EvanRose on 7/16/2018 & rated 95 points: Simply awesome. My allergies are deadening my sense of smell but I get dark earth, wet leaves and a hint of oak, tannins are de minimums and the black fruit shines through. Long luscious finish. Served with grilled filet mignonette. (2917 views) | | | Tasted by The Raven on 4/20/2018 & rated 90 points: Always a great wine. (2776 views) | | | Tasted by MonkeyLauncher on 3/22/2018 & rated 93 points: For those that have said this wine is past its prime, I disagree. This was full-bodied, woody and wonderful on the palate. We are glad we let this age a bit longer as it definitely had deep fruit notes and was delicious. It has definitely gotten more bold over the years. (2566 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 3/16/2018 & rated 91 points: Showing much better than four years ago. Fruit has laid down nicely while blending with the tannins in a positive way. (1992 views) | | | Tasted by SCosgrove on 2/18/2018 & rated 93 points: Very smooth, this is why I hold my Cakebread Cabs as long as I can. (1866 views) | | | Tasted by ADiamond on 1/26/2018 & rated 93 points: Low tannins, black fruit, smooth and velvety. (1959 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Cakebread Cellars Producer website
Over 30 years ago, Jack Cakebread came to photograph the Napa Valley for a book and while there, he casually mentioned his interest in one day owning a vineyard to some family friends who had a ranch in Rutherford. When he returned home that afternoon, the phone rang and it was the family friends offering to sell their property. He headed back up to the valley that same afternoon to make his best offer, and Cakebread Cellars was born. As the Cakebread family reflects upon the many profound changes in the wine industry over the last 33 years, such as innovative farming techniques and new methods of reaching out to consumers, they note that their key values have remained the same. Dedication to making the highest quality wines and a commitment to family has followed a continuum as their first small vineyard has grown into a thriving internationally distributed wine company.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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