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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.4 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 38 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jc510 on 8/6/2022: Drinking really well, still integrated and little signs of aging. (1010 views) | | | Tasted by Grangelady on 8/5/2022 & rated 92 points: Opened with friends at Q restaurant in Portland, Oregon. A nice aged California Cabernet - the color is still great, fruity but also savory as it sat in the glass. It’s probably a good idea to drink soon. (779 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/22/2020 & rated 95 points: There is no better, mature, classic California Cabernet Sauvignon for the money than these older La Jota Anniversary wines. The wine is concentrated, round, and packed with mouth-filling layers ripe, blackberries, dark red fruits, tobacco leaf, smoke, herbs and scorched earth. The character-filled finish has staying power. I am sure there is at least another decade left in the tank here. (2918 views) | | | Tasted by jordanj on 5/23/2020 & rated 95 points: Same as last note. (1694 views) | | | Tasted by jordanj on 4/5/2020 & rated 95 points: Much darker Then expected, even for HM. Looks more like something from the early 2000’s. Only a hint of lighting at the edges. The nose eventually developed, after a couple of hours into a fairly powerful bouquet of red fruits that went from more sweet (think cherry rhubarb pie with mint) to more savory and slightly darker fruited as it aired with notes of burnt embers/pain grille, high class pipe tobacco, cassis and earth. Palate ended up fairly smooth and balanced after it opened, where as it started out a bit acidic. The finish was long and detailed. What a couple of hours can make. It it went from a semi-boring singular typical Cabernet to a highly complex detailed expression of what Howell Mountain can do at its best. (1767 views) | | | Tasted by ledwards on 1/14/2018 & rated 93 points: Youthful and expressive nose. An outstanding showing as it remains in a long drinking window. (2463 views) | | | Tasted by Dossross on 8/17/2017 & rated 95 points: This wine was good from the moment I pulled the cork and it just got better. Lots of cassis Cabernet character, graphite, sweet fruit but very pure and not at all jammy. Clearly from a noble vintage, this could be Pauillac if tasted blind - and a good one at that. No sign of it tiring either. Delicious. (2738 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 9/1/2015 & rated 93 points: While not in the stratosphere great this did not disappoint. Double decanted shortly before leaving for The Kenwood. Left cork in after arrival and drank around 8:30PM. Classic CA BDX blend that even drank a little young???? Loved it. Paid $125 four months ago from HDH. (3886 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 9/1/2015 & rated 94 points: WTDS at The Kenwood With Some Older Gems (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): VEry dark red/purple color; drank 1+ glass over 90 minutes. This started off a bit slow, actually it seemed youthful, and picked up a tremendous amount of steam over 20 minutes or so. The nose just explodes and showed some old world character and depth along with classic mountain black and blue fruit of cassis and boysenberry. The palate has great acidity that bouys the nice blueberry, cassis, and black cherry fruits, with minerals and oak, tangy, earthy, long and well integrated. While this was youthful, it clearly is ready and performs so well. Loved it. 93+ to 94pts. (4608 views) | | | Tasted by Dennis Graves on 10/4/2014 & rated 89 points: Intense tobacco-edged nose and palate. Holding up quite well for a 22 year old wine. Good acid and still some tannin. Tight upon opening and took at least an hour to open up to the extent it did. Was then lovely but a tad astringent and not really complex. (4037 views) | | | Tasted by Giggs on 8/8/2014 & rated 97 points: Summer cabin weekend; 8/8/2014-8/9/2014 (Cleveland, GA): Decanted 75 minutes and followed over the next two hours. Elegant, very polished, Barolo-like nose leads with black cherry and red currants. There's a subtle creaminess and smokiness to the nose that carries over to the palate. This bottle had much better expressiveness than one tasted in March, with perfectly mature fruit playing against good acidity. This was more feminine but equally as good as the '97 Phelps Insignia, and it crushed the '92 Dunn Howell Mountain, which needs more time. Drink now-2017. (3918 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 4/19/2014: Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind. Plum and black cherry with very charming spice, some tobacco. Good firmness, good length, perhaps not so finessed. I thought it actually Bordeaux, but considerably older than 20 yo. (3579 views) | | | Tasted by Giggs on 3/22/2014 & rated 94 points: Decanted 2.5 hours. Strong graphite and smoky chocolate aromas on the nose. Mature palate, layered red currant and wild red berry. Somewhat austere acidity on midpalate, finishes firm and leathery. Could have more expressiveness, although this improves glass to glass. Seems to be toward the end of maturity. (2174 views) | | | Tasted by Old Vino on 2/8/2014 & rated 94 points: mature may be slightly past peak of prime drinking window. Shadowed by '92 Colgin (2147 views) | | | Tasted by northbridge on 7/7/2013 & rated 97 points: Served the '92 La Jota against '92 Dalla Valle...both were spectacular and each will be fine for several more years. In fairness I have cellared them at 55 degrees since their release and last night was a just reward. Decanted 2 hours before dinner and served with grilled leg of lamb. Upon first taste the Dalla Valle was a little more open and fruit forward while the La Jota displayed vegetal notes, was lighter and more "French" in style. Most of us preferred the Dalla Valle while my son was La Jota all the way. An hour later the La Jota showed its stuff and most of us switched our allegiance. Both were perfect with the lamb and roasted red peppers and next year I expect both to still be drinking perfectly. (2606 views) | | | Tasted by Jhcwine on 6/11/2013 & rated 94 points: Decanted 2 hours
Nose - Really nice. Ample fruit. Ready after 2 hours decant.
Palette - Also delicate and complex. But still abit tannic. Needs afew years.
94 (2503 views) | | | Tasted by JR512 on 4/5/2013 & rated 96 points: Decanted 1.5 hour before blind tasting. Definitely old world style with great nose and fruit. Had tobacco taste... very refined. This is drinking perfectly now. (2501 views) | | | Tasted by wineamateur on 1/17/2013 & rated 96 points: A magnificent wine that revealed many different facets over the course of the evening . Fruit driven, in a sweet, ripe but not overblown style, with cassis, blueberries and violets most prominent in the flavour spectrum. Perfectly ready for drinking. I wish I had more! (2586 views) | | | Tasted by babnik on 6/16/2011 & rated 95 points: Brooding and powerful with balanced and long lasting waves of flavor - dried cranberries, cherries, bitter-sweet chocolate, pencil lead, creosote. Exceptional wine at its peak and no sign of decline. 1992 Napa is a great vintage and this was a wonderful wine to celebrate my own 1992 vintage son, who graduated high school today. (4115 views) | | | Tasted by HenryW on 4/5/2011 & rated 92 points: Red fruits and graphite on the nose. Palate has a savory note and a chalky earthiness. Firm tannins. (3430 views) | | | Tasted by yotaiwan on 3/28/2011 & rated 91 points: still strong, smells of alchohol when opened, extremely deep and drying tannin, should have left it longer, but very stron gand powerful. (3721 views) | | | Tasted by burgcamel on 6/8/2009 & rated 96 points: Excellent wine and is a good example of how some CA wines can age. This wine is drinking beautifully now and I see no reason to wait. (4768 views) | | | Tasted by mutlynch on 3/21/2009 & rated 95 points: Decanted for about 2 hrsn before heading out for dinner. An absolutely wonder cab in its prime. (4245 views) | | | Tasted by sawira on 12/30/2008 & rated 96 points: Pop and pour. Brilliant dark ruby red. Slight bricking. Hesitant nose at first. Let sit an hour or so in the glass. Then classic tobacco, incense, fruitcake, plum, grape confit. Very thin, dry, dark bitter chocolate oriented palate gives way over time to a behemouth of very dry, rich, dark fruit-oriented incredible array of flavors - over-ripe almost cooked currants and plums, cedar, spicebox, smoke, graphite, fruitcake. Very, very, dry. Depth, power and richness allied with great complexity and class. As noted below, much better with time, air and warmth. At peak now. This bottle beginning to oxidize at about 4 hours, but not really at peak drinking until about the 2.5 hour mark. A 61 Haut Brion of a Cab. (3809 views) | | | Tasted by nob8dnkr on 4/14/2008 & rated 95 points: a touch of bret but this wine is all muscle. dark red fruits, slight bricking. I would not call this a dinner wine, it would crush most foods. (4092 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Jackson Family WinesCabernet 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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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