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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 50 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Matt T on 4/16/2023 & rated 90 points: Agree with others that this is still in good shape. A bit of sweet oak, cherry pie, and a slight menthol or green bell pepper note. Solid and ageworthy, but not spectacular. (504 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 8/25/2022 & rated 92 points: Strong color, no bricking. Almost no sediment. Took over an hour to start to balance out. Initially green peppers and veggies overwhelmed, then menthol, and finally black fruits with some sweet Oak. About 90 minutes later, these came around with good proportionality. Smooth wine. No rush to drink. (956 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 8/14/2022 & rated 93 points: PnP and served with pecan smoked Flannery ribeyes. Bright red cherry, Luden cough drop, dark acidic berries,damp pine forest floor, sautéed mushrooms, more earth than fruit, but a nice balance nevertheless. Actually improved a couple of point putting on more body after 45 min with eucalyptus, a lovely red candy and black licorice note complimentary to everything else. They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore. A nice bottle to celebrate the emptying of the nest! (1228 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 1/30/2021 & rated 92 points: Decanted 60 minutes; teaspoon of fine sediment. Plenty of overripe blackberries and black cherries on palate; hints of black raspberries; sweet Oak and some cedar with dried herbs. Very smooth but tannins still had some backbone to them. Color was strong. This bottle had another 3 to 6 years at peak drinking window. An extra point for its ageworthiness, especially at this price point, but I took that point back because, although the alcohol was listed at 13.8, it hit us like a ton of bricks long before we finished the bottle. No alcohol on the nose or palate to speak of but it went to our heads faster than a 16% alcohol Zin. (1775 views) | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 9/21/2019 & rated 93 points: A wonderful bottle that was still about 4+ years from being outside of its ideal drinking window. Rich color to core although a little bricking at rim. Very little sediment. Some eucalyptus to go with the blackberries and black cherries. Sweet Oak with hints of vanilla. A few dried herbs 20+ second finish. Very smooth. (2083 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 11/11/2018 & rated 94 points: A very pleasant surprise!. This wine was inventoried incorrectly and thus wasn't showing up as ready. I only found it in the cellar by mistake, and I'm sure glad I did. The bottle had a perfect fill and still great color. An elegant wine with blackberries, blueberries, plums, licorice, chocolate, and a hint of mint in the nose. Black currants, blackberries, and some earthiness in the flavor. It is drinking well, though I doubt it will improve any more. It is well balanced and medium to full bodied. I wish the finish had been a little longer, but this is a well made wine that has aged gracefully over the past 23 years. Finding these "lost" bottles is one of those things that make wine drinking fun, and not bad for a $29 purchase twenty years ago. (2023 views) | | | Tasted by Bruce 1er on 5/12/2018 & rated 95 points: A classic CA Cab. Really elegant. Bright red color with only a hint of brown in the rim. Excellent fruit (with hints of Cassis). Exceptionally well-balanced. Very clean finish. Bottle was upright for several months and decanted about 30" ahead of first tasting.
Lable quotes Richard and Alis Arrowood: ". . . blended small lots of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc . . . aged . . . 23 months in French and American oak. . . . Although delicious now, this rich and complex claret will develop well into the next century." Time has proven him right. (2016 views) | | | Tasted by richy1849 on 9/18/2017 & rated 91 points: Smooth and full body. Back raspberry and plum scents
The body is medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (2298 views) | | | Tasted by sirwine on 3/9/2017 & rated 91 points: Amazing wine that has stood the test of time. Decanted for an hour. Dark red color with no bricking along edges. Nose of cedar and smashed red fruit. Ready to drink but still has some backbone. (2332 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 11/24/2016 & rated 92 points: Amazingly dark, almost opaque, garnet color at 21yrs old! PnP and poured two glasses into a Reidel BDX glass for my son in law & myself. The nose was immediately deep, complex and spicy. Still had some Italian sparkling rose in the glass so went back & forth between tiny sips and smelling the cab and enjoying the sparkler in the last 30 minutes before dinner. Mostly, just letting the Cab sit in glass till dinner. This is balanced & resolved with fading, spicy dark fruit flavors and a great nose. We really enjoyed. Thinking this should hang on for a few years but the youthful color may bely its true maturity. That said, this was a pleasure and a steal at the $50 I recently paid for it. ALC 13.5% but didn't feel like it. Cork and fill looked like a 6yr old wine. My first Cab with TG dinner in a longtime. I gave our son in a choice between the 95 Cab or a 90 Burg and he picked this. Turned out well. (2584 views) | | | Tasted by tzarf on 7/31/2016 & rated 90 points: Let the alcohol blow off for 10 minutes and this drinks like it's much younger (2350 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 5/23/2015 & rated 91 points: Final bottle. Good, but not as good as prior bottles. Same notes (3253 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 4/4/2015 & rated 93 points: What a great wine! Lost WON to 90 Arrowood Sonoma but everything one could want in a mature wine. Will continue to look for more, especially at a great price point! Dick Arrowood knew what he was doing. (2952 views) | | | Tasted by sraders on 2/22/2015 & rated 92 points: Time to drink up! Very nice finish and glad to see structure has held up so well. Sorry to see the last bottle go. (2437 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 12/30/2014 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured.....absolutely fantantastic (2522 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 12/24/2014 & rated 94 points: True to form...no sign of aging. Well integrated fruit and tannins. (2244 views) | | | Tasted by raypedia on 7/24/2013 & rated 87 points: Holding up very well. Cork was perfect. Heavy sediment required decanting, which also helped the nose. Deep opaque garnet moving to brick on the edge. Black fruit, note of oak and black tea on the nose. On the palate restrained black fruit, cassis, sage and mocha. Acidity fading, tannins soft and supple. Finish was decently long. CT says there are 158 in cellars, I'd definitely get busy drinking... it's tasting really nice now, but I don't know how long it will go. (2284 views) | | | Tasted by sirwine on 5/25/2013 & rated 91 points: I was afraid this wine was going to be way past its prime, but it was incredible. Definitely had the chemically nose of an older wine but showed hints of blueberry and spice. Smooth as sil and ready to drink. (1877 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 12/9/2012 & rated 92 points: Nose was a little more reticent on this one. Started to come alive after about 30 minutes. Same as prior notes, still a very nice wine.
Last bottle. Mine were stored from purchase from around 1999. If you see Arrowood from the mid 90s that can verify provenance they are worth buying/drinking. Alexander valley in general made some great wines in that time. The Bordeaux blends have aged into elegant wines (2018 views) | | | Tasted by sraders on 11/5/2012 & rated 92 points: This is holding very well. Nice smooth finish with black fruit flavors and pleasant aroma. (2592 views) | | | Tasted by walkerjfw on 11/3/2012 & rated 92 points: Conventional wisdom would say this is past it prime, this guy was drinking beautifully. Arrowood Cabs from the mid 90s have aged well (at least those in my cellar).
Bordeaux like in nose, structure and palate. I paid $42 for this bottle in around 97-98 time frame. If you drank blind, first instincts would be Medoc/Margaux. Has the leathery/graphite/pencil shaving nose. Layered flavors of cassis, blackberry, forest floor. Sophisticated and smooth - 20+ second finish. (2137 views) | | | Tasted by smcg on 9/18/2011 & rated 90 points: Full fruit and body, but getting a bit thin on the finish. Nice now, but unlikely to improve. (3287 views) | | | Tasted by GSW on 9/4/2011 & rated 92 points: Last of our bottles. Still a delightful, mature cab. (3267 views) | | | Tasted by Johann Von Mastiff on 8/29/2011 & rated 90 points: Drank during Irene. Decanted for about an hour. Still looks very good. Cigar box, tobacco leaf and clove on the nose. The palate is restrained and elegant. (3425 views) | | | Tasted by Teamcrev on 2/8/2011 & rated 93 points: Found a single bottle at auction and pounced on it. Popped and poured and it was tremendous. Powerful red fruits with tannins almost completely faded. Nice surprise. Where can I find more of this? (3023 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78
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| Arrowood Producer web siteCabernet 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 CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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