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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.1 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Naso on 6/19/2010 & rated 86 points: Slightly over the hill but not bad. (6168 views) | | | Tasted by MICHVANZ on 2/14/2010 & rated 89 points: I confirm my previous note: a stll very enjojable wine (6088 views) | | | Tasted by GWE on 12/31/2008 & rated 89 points: Worth the wait... Not long on the finish and a nice wine. Decanred for 1 hour, had a cherry / blckberry tone wit ha little hint of oak. This was the second bottle of 2. The first one I open about 4 years ago and I am glad I waited intil now for the second bottle. Much smoother now but still lacked a good finish but for the price it was a grat value. (6371 views) | | | Tasted by Aztec94 on 6/15/2008: past prime, but a typical 90's napa cab. oak and must that rolls into red fruit and slightly tannic on the finish. (6324 views) | | | Tasted by MICHVANZ on 4/6/2008 & rated 88 points: I suppose I am a happy guy! I drunk a bottle of this wine together with my wife: it was still very enjoyable. Lot of blackberries with a sweet aftertaste. The oak very well integrated. May be the way this wine was stored plays a role: I bought it in 2000; since then it never went out of my cellar, which has a relatively constant temperature and humidity. (6403 views) | | | Tasted by ecwarner on 3/21/2008 flawed bottle: I waited waaaaay too long to drink this one. It was years past its prime and undrinkable. Don't know what I was thinking. (2387 views) | | | Tasted by lawdog85 on 10/19/2007 & rated 88 points: The first day this bottle was disappointing, even though we weren't expecting much because we knew it was past prime drinkability. The second day, it was outstanding. I bought the 1.5 for $40 on a close-out rack, and would buy some more at that price if there was any!!
Let it breathe if you still have it. (2632 views) | | | Tasted by JMPVermont on 5/6/2007 & rated 74 points: Past prime -- at one point it was probably a solid cab, but it was just sour at this age. (2751 views) | | | Tasted by ars3 on 8/3/2005: With buffalo burgers and french fries. Interesting blend that is no longer available. (1843 views) | | | Tasted by Fungusamongus on 12/25/2004: Drank on Christmas Eve with Trudy and Josh. Enjoyed the wine prior to a feast of soup and bread. The wine was good, not great, and had reached its drinkability. I'm glad we did not save it any longer. (3579 views) | | | Tasted by Paul from the Oblong Table on 10/8/2004: Only bottle--opened to great almost immediately. Italian food at Stefano’s (first visit). Food good, wine great. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 11/1/2002 & rated 98 points: Red Carpet: Dark coffee-ruby; dusty forest, light fruit; ultra smooth mth, balanced to perfection! (1668 views) |
| Sterling Vineyards 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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