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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.2 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by lee.reiswig on 7/10/2018 & rated 90 points: Tasted blind with 10 west coast wines from 1985 to 2002. Ranked in 2nd tier by tasters. Complex, good fruit, no oxidation. (1477 views) | | | Tasted by swyates on 4/21/2013 & rated 92 points: Maybe I had the best bottle of the vintage but for $18, this was great. (4457 views) | | | Tasted by DRA on 2/18/2010 & rated 89 points: Good for the price, but definitely a little tart per other comments. (5938 views) | | | Tasted by winejnky on 4/7/2009 & rated 86 points: Tart cranberries, blueberries, menthol, herbal and flinty. I may have left it a little too long. Not going to get any better, drink up. (5926 views) | | | Tasted by kas on 1/30/2009 & rated 90 points: still very nice. wish I had more. (5978 views) | | | Tasted by kas on 11/14/2007 & rated 90 points: I was very impressed with this wine, for which I paid $15. rich wood and smoke taste with moderate tannins. drinking well now and should last several more years. very well done for this price point. (5231 views) | | | Tasted by seanness on 11/1/2007 & rated 89 points: Earthy, musty, but in a good way. Enjoyed this one. (2861 views) | | | Tasted by jmd60611 on 7/23/2007 & rated 86 points: Drank at Tavern w/Megan...A bit auster at first pour after pop, but gained a bit of weight as the two hour drink cycle evolved...A good wine with no discernible memory other than medium bodied table wine (2588 views) | | | Tasted by SeaBud on 2/1/2007 & rated 86 points: Nothing wrong. Not too much right either, though. Fruit was flat, little tannin. Drank Monday night -appropriately. (2915 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Apostle on 11/8/2005 & rated 86 points: Good but not great, even at the price point. Some earthy nose with a plum palate and a moderately short finish. (3499 views) | | | Tasted by NJWINELOVERS on 10/30/2005 & rated 85 points: This is one of the most consistently good Cabernets, especially in this price range. Smooth, minimum tannins, especially if it is allowed to breath a few minutes. (3439 views) |
| Charles Krug Winery (Peter Mondavi Family) 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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