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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.4 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Coachron13 on 8/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Excellent example of Stag’s Leap cab. Dark fruit, well put together. An hour of air put it in a good place. (919 views) | | Tasted by Kent Cooper on 5/15/2022 & rated 95 points: Crazy good cab. Initial mint on nose and palate and then it opens up to a more earthy flavor with a hint of dark berry. (890 views) | | Tasted by Djwpar3 on 3/19/2022 & rated 93 points: Dark ruby, notes of vanilla, oak, dark cherries. Sooth mouth filling, peppery note, chocolate, nice finish. While an excellent example of the 2016 Cabs, I dropped a point for value. In this price range, there are other more impressive cabs, ....but I do like this and PVR still is an excellent CLUB purchase. (923 views) | | Tasted by Francophile1 on 12/21/2021 & rated 90 points: While this is a well made wine and more balanced and structured than the regular Napa bottling of this estate, I was expecting more for the price I paid. While I would describe the Napa bottling as jammy and flabby, I would describe the Stag’s Leap as a wound up ball of tension and verve. My guess is this will become a better tasting experience with a few more years in the cellar. (1169 views) | | Tasted by Djwpar3 on 6/23/2021 & rated 94 points: Previousy posted, still awed. Just a wonderful Cal Cab experience. Great fruit nose, black cherry, vanilla, oak, mouth filling, well balanced, full finish with oak vanilla, cherry and forest floor notes... Served chilled and aerated for 1 hour. I have obtained 2 more, will cherish. While pricey, I feel this is a decent QPR, for special occasions. (1449 views) | | Tasted by Djwpar3 on 2/14/2021 & rated 94 points: previously posted. No change on score or thiughts. Just a wonderful experience. Decanted for 2 hours, stood up well to lamb chops. Lush full finish, headed to 95?...I have 2 left, stay tuned (994 views) | | Tasted by Djwpar3 on 11/22/2020 & rated 94 points: Previousy posted, still awed. Just a wonderful Cal Cab experience. Great fruit nose, black cherry, vanilla, oak, mouth filling, well balanced, full finish with oak vanilla, cherry and forest floor notes...still have 3 bottles to cherish. Served chilled and aerated for 1 hour. (958 views) | | Tasted by Marietta Walsh on 1/18/2020 & rated 87 points: Tart. High alcohol. (1461 views) |
| Pine Ridge 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)Stags Leap District Stags Leap District |
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