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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 65 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by SilverSavvy on 5/11/2021: 25th Anniversary dinner (1453 views) | | | Tasted by johnnylaw1222 on 1/3/2021 & rated 93 points: Top of cork was covered in wine that had previously seeped out, so I was worried—but to my surprise this still drank impeccably. Meaty, leathery notes on the nose. Still lively on the palate, with cranberry and cherry fading to toffee and earth. (1542 views) | | | Tasted by n.rome on 10/16/2020 & rated 94 points: Terrific, still drinking well at 20 years. (1616 views) | | | Tasted by nmoreilly on 5/28/2018 & rated 91 points: Candied cherry, cough drops, licorice and hints of vanilla wafer. Held up extremely well but time to drink. Decanted but really didn't need it took about 1/2 hour to open up fully (3084 views) | | | Tasted by Theamaronefan on 1/6/2018 & rated 90 points: Aging well. Full bodied with dark fruit, currants and a hint of earth. (3008 views) | | | Tasted by fillingup on 7/10/2015 & rated 90 points: Nose - clean
Sight- deep cranberry amber
Taste/nose - Violets, blackberry, dried roses, oregano,thyme, Brandied cherry
Finish - caramel n dried figs.
Drink now or hold up to three years if you like really old wine...I do and it is amazing now! (5157 views) | | | Tasted by AlexHop on 3/14/2014 & rated 89 points: Nice. Not complex or especially interesting but good balance. Not too faded but not a big wine anymore if it ever was. Drink now. (6655 views) | | | Tasted by SGates on 1/25/2014 & rated 89 points: Drank with PeterOz. Found this in my cellar and was worried it was too late based on recent reviews. Maybe because it was in a wine fridge most of its life, it was drinking beautifully. Dark red color with almost no bricking. Lovely bouquet of mint, wet leaves and a little vanilla. Textbook currant flavors (for anyone who wonders what a currant tastes like). Obviously lots of bottle age with almost no tannins left and a delicious finish. Not quite enough acid to balance it out to get into the 90's (6610 views) | | | Tasted by wagonwine on 1/5/2014: 4 (873 views) | | | Tasted by no leashes on 10/14/2013 & rated 90 points: Sorry to hear others thought this wine over the hill -- our bottle was just fine. Very nice cassis, dark cherry, cedar flavors, with some smoke and a hint of spice. Medium bodied and drinking nicely. Nice finish too. We purchased upon release and stored in our cellar since. (5944 views) | | | Tasted by laughinghyena13 on 9/18/2013 & rated 85 points: Lower rating because we did wait too long to consume. That's why I'm using cellar tracker. I need a kick in the pants to start managing our consumption... Anyway, it started out with a somewhat grainy mouthfeel, but opened up into a rich, dark mushroom/earthy cabernet. (6229 views) | | | Tasted by JOsgood on 9/1/2013: Basic traditional Napa cabernet sauvignon. Medium weight, nothing over the top. (3779 views) | | | Tasted by rwigen on 8/17/2013 & rated 88 points: Like a few people mentioned here, This wine's time has come. Fruit flavors of Blackberry still solid. But Acid and Tannin are starting to fade. The good news is that they remain nicely in balance. Had it with a flank steak and the combo was great. (2214 views) | | | Tasted by rshumard on 8/10/2013: - Crimsom color and aromas of black currant and has flavours of geranium - Dinner at our house with Kermite on Friday, August 9, 2013. Steak, lobster, copper River salmon, corn on the cob, Brussels sprouts, salad and chocolate cake. (2175 views) | | | Tasted by wine247365 on 7/14/2013 & rated 89 points: surprisingly, it hit it's stride after an hour in the decanter. tasty, went well w/grilled fillet mignons. (1844 views) | | | Tasted by ericjabel on 5/31/2013: Sadly, wine was shot. Down the drain (1956 views) | | | Tasted by jefe-alto on 9/29/2012: Drink now. Even after decanting for several hours, the flavor never fully came through. It was good, but seemed to have lost its punch. (3048 views) | | | Tasted by spectrumphoto on 7/30/2012 & rated 89 points: It's at the end of its life but still quite nice. Does not taste old,just thinning. (2980 views) | | | Tasted by nytiger on 7/16/2012 & rated 89 points: very good nose flavors and finish (3031 views) | | | Tasted by Mennotas on 5/11/2012 & rated 91 points: Blackberries, liquorice, cedar on the nose; great smelling wine. Silky tannins, smooth. Nice integration of fruit and more leathery, tarry notes on the palate. This is a great drinking wine. So much better than the '05 Chimney Rock we had last week. And now incredible value at $35 at Pennsylvania Wine and Spirits Store. (3142 views) | | | Tasted by nytiger on 1/29/2012 & rated 91 points: wonderful wine, not overwhelming cabernet but just lovely (3304 views) | | | Tasted by Johnlovell on 10/28/2011 & rated 97 points: Aged beautifully. (3290 views) | | | Tasted by Tarpon222 on 9/28/2011 & rated 91 points: Wonderful. Drank along with a terrific Guenoc 1999 Beckstoffer IV. Reminds you of the value of laying down for optimal time, whatever that is. (3070 views) | | | Tasted by nytiger on 5/10/2011 & rated 90 points: delicous (3415 views) | | | Tasted by gutt22 on 4/8/2011: This is just drinking beautifully. Dark red color. Lovely bouquet of earth, wet leaves, tobacco, cedar, very light mint, and gorgeous black currant fruit. In the mouth, lovely balance, a classic and complete Cabernet. The fruit is cool and perfectly balanced against the graphite, cedar, tobacco, and earth notes. Smooth texture with integrated tannins on the delicious finish. A- (3457 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Heitz Cellar 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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