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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2014 (based on 6 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 31 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by williamswhine on 3/25/2016 & rated 92 points: Drinking very nicely at this time. Nice deep cedar/oak pencil lead nose. Easy drinking, smooth, nice balance of fruit. Thoroughly enjoyed this wine. (1936 views) | | | Tasted by jcschnj on 6/26/2015 & rated 90 points: Soft tannins, but fruit still evident and surprisingly well balanced. Cherry and spice on the finish. Much better than anticipated with little prior breathing time. Drink now. (2224 views) | | | Tasted by BoulderWine on 5/28/2015 & rated 82 points: Not much here. Tough, tart and tannic. (2191 views) | | | Tasted by Jkuryak on 3/21/2015 & rated 88 points: Good, solid bottle of wine. Glad we opened it. (2266 views) | | | Tasted by adk.dmn on 4/26/2013 & rated 88 points: Held onto it too long. Muted aromas. No real finish. Quite drinkable but nothing stands out. (3606 views) | | | Tasted by phandel on 3/15/2013 & rated 90 points: dry, but I think we enjoyed it? (1986 views) | | | Tasted by tenorselbow on 11/30/2012 & rated 86 points: Big wine with good balance but very few distinguishing features. Nose of stewed raspberries. Full-flavored beetroot and licorice with no secondary flavors and still quite tannic. Charcoal finish. Enjoyable but not memorable. This wine was filtered (zero sediment after seven years) and I guess the potentially interesting bits were discarded. (2263 views) | | | Tasted by rxlaw95 on 10/13/2012 & rated 90 points: Drink it up. Wouldn't wait in this one. It was good for a one time snag by Seghesio. (2014 views) | | | Tasted by ecola on 11/2/2011 & rated 91 points: Aromas of dark cassis berries and toasted cedar. Lively flavors of dark cherry, toasted oak, and even a little garden herb. Dry gripping tannins with great acidity on the finish. Drinking great right now and probably for at least four more years. (2573 views) | | | Tasted by Morg on 7/22/2011 & rated 90 points: Drinking well right now, smooth tannins. (1880 views) | | | Tasted by joepapeo on 4/7/2011 & rated 87 points: Borderline terrible a little after opening. A little better with time but just nothing to it. (1932 views) | | | Tasted by Haggis on 1/31/2011 & rated 87 points: A decent enough cabernet that need several hours to begin to open up. But when it does open, there is not a lot of "there" there. Some dark brambly fruit with mocha and leather. However, there is a noticeable green streak that is somewhat off-putting. Ted Seghesio has a great touch when it comes to zinfandel, but he and his team seem a bit out of their league with cabernet (although their blends are not bad). Not a cab I would seek out. (2037 views) | | | Tasted by MCUBEB on 1/5/2011 & rated 90 points: Nose of cherries and oak. Tastes of bright cherries, milk chocolate, vanilla, coffee and menthol. Medium finish with tannins that accompany flavors of vanilla and menthol. (2057 views) | | | Tasted by krhaugh on 12/20/2010 & rated 88 points: Very nice Cab from Seghesio, not known for Cabs. It's not a blow your mind cab but was easy to drink and very smooth. (2131 views) | | | Tasted by rxlaw95 on 11/21/2010 & rated 91 points: Thus one is really coming together. Last bottle was more over the hill than this one. Softening tannins. Fruit coming around to greater complexity than before. Good stuff. (2179 views) | | | Tasted by rxlaw95 on 8/21/2010 & rated 88 points: Not as good as the last bottle. (2302 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 11/13/2009: Tasted at the winery. The complex nose of menthol, pipe tobacco, currants, pine needle and black pepper also shows a bit of a loamy undercurrent. Moderate tannins, juicy acidity, a rich mouthfeel and a avg+ finish for $28. Will benefit from some more time in the bottle, but drinks well now with a moderate decant. Drink thru 2016. Again, lots of value here. (2879 views) | | | Tasted by jarfour on 10/4/2009 & rated 88 points: Nose of dark fruit, pine forest, a spice. Good tannin balance the oak and currant in the mouth. Nice heat in the finish. A decent cab but that's about it. (2866 views) | | | Tasted by mschultz78 on 9/9/2009: Teresa says it has a creamy, buttery smell. A nice bite at the top. The finish has hints of raspberry and blackberry. (2458 views) | | | Tasted by rxlaw95 on 7/27/2009 & rated 88 points: Again not as good and full of character as the usual Seghesio wine. Still, hard to resist with steak. (2893 views) | | | Tasted by rxlaw95 on 7/6/2009 & rated 86 points: An hour into this one and still a bit vegetal and light on character relative to other Seghesio offerings. Somewhat disappointing but willing to wait until this fall to pass jugment again. Not bad, just not Seghesios usual offering. (2920 views) | | | Tasted by rwb5150 on 7/6/2009 & rated 90 points: This is a Cabernet I can truly get excited about. Being an unusual release for Seghesio, I was eager to blog about this wine. Here is the link if you would like to read my full review:
http://corksandcaftans.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/wine-review-2005-seghesio-cabernet-sauvignon/ (3278 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Seghesio Family Vineyards Producer website
Begun in 1895 by our grandfather, Edoardo Seghesio. Seghesio Family Vineyards is a collection of estate vineyards in Sonoma County hand-farmed by our family for four generations.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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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