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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.7 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 32 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wine247365 on 12/15/2012 & rated 86 points: at $15, it's a good QPR. a bit fruit forward, but nice nose and balance. mid-length finish. (4264 views) | | | Tasted by bilnjil on 8/20/2012 & rated 88 points: Definite red cherry flavors at the outset is somewhat of a surprise but then fills the mouth with deeper cassis flavors and settles nicely. Not a lot of structure - tannins quite soft but all in all a nice, drinkable cab. (4445 views) | | | Tasted by clubsoft on 7/10/2012: Nice mellow cab. Great to bear with steak or the short ribs. (4639 views) | | | Tasted by dwaynelm on 4/15/2012 & rated 87 points: Lots of cherry but the low to moderate tannins keep them in check. Nice wine for the price. (4753 views) | | | Tasted by Cujo on 3/19/2012 & rated 78 points: Disappointing expected more from Rutherford (2001 views) | | | Tasted by PiAJ on 2/14/2012 & rated 87 points: Intense flavor, good taste, need to breathe (1498 views) | | | Tasted by Tomtastic on 2/12/2012 & rated 85 points: Nice balanced wine, with black cherry notes. It went excellent with my steak! (1317 views) | | | Tasted by dave_from_MD on 2/5/2012 & rated 86 points: - It's somewhat balanced - A very simple, fruit forward wine. It has a medium body with relatively deep dark fruit. There's a freshness from the acidity, but there was barely any tannic backbone...not necessarily a bad thing because it was an easy drinker and went reasonably well with chili. Certainly not a bad wine for the price. (1344 views) | | | Tasted by rerail84 on 10/5/2011: - Crimsom color with medium forming legs - Great wine for the price. A bit tart when opened but give it an hour or two and this wine is an easy drinker. (2154 views) | | | Tasted by Melo on 9/5/2011 & rated 88 points: A full-bodied wine with rich tannins. A well-balanced everday wine - ready to
drink at a great value (2142 views) | | | Tasted by kidsmurf2000 on 6/25/2011 & rated 82 points: Overly plump over extracted supermarket plonk. While its not bad, I wouldn't serve it in polite company. (2507 views) | | | Tasted by jeff.beth.long on 5/14/2011 & rated 85 points: Fruit forward, acidic, smooth, daily drinker. Not terribly complex but a good value at $15. Could see this getting a little better with time. (2619 views) | | | Tasted by dwaynelm on 5/1/2011 & rated 89 points: Cherry, herbal element, excellent acidity and moderate tannin. Excellent varietal character for $13. (2668 views) | | | Tasted by schmittcellars on 4/30/2011 & rated 87 points: Not ready to drink. Color deep bright red. Fruitforward aroma. Flavor really popped out at first with a decent finish. As I drank with dinner seemed to lose some of the flavor and finish - not ready to stand up in flavor to a good steak, but give it a few years. Still was good though with good potential. (2892 views) | | | Tasted by rerail84 on 3/20/2011 & rated 88 points: Great daily drinker. A bit tart but overall a good wine at a great value. (2864 views) | | | Tasted by drdebs on 1/6/2011 & rated 87 points: An excellent companion to your next burger, this wine has abundant black cherry aromas and flavors with a bit of pepper in the aftertaste. A smooth drinking Cabernet from Napa for under $20. (3062 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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