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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 35 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by kodreaming on 10/15/2023 & rated 93 points: What a beautiful wine. It is mellowed out with a smooth finish that comes with a slight tannin. You can still taste a bit trace of the fruit without overpowering tertiary development. Really nice showing if you are not hoping for a fruit bomb. (125 views) | | | Tasted by ShadowIII on 12/25/2018 & rated 91 points: dark purple, minimal brick edges, still with lots of dark fruit, not much in the way of secondary character, nice finish, years still to go (996 views) | | | Tasted by VinoRosso on 9/27/2014 & rated 93 points: Took about an hour to open up, but after that was really singing! (2669 views) | | | Tasted by pacep on 10/28/2013 & rated 91 points: Drink now don't wait. (3028 views) | | | Tasted by SoccerMark on 8/6/2013 & rated 93 points: Huge wine, needs to be consumed with chocolat/cheese/steak ....... (3026 views) | | | Tasted by maderay on 9/25/2012 & rated 94 points: VG-DEL. Leather, chocolate. Drank it at Bugatti with Erica. (3442 views) | | | Tasted by crushzone on 6/8/2012 & rated 93 points: Elegant silky wine. Perfect balance. Leather, cherry, red berries. Perfect acidity. Long smooth finish. Well integrated. Excellent value... (2913 views) | | | Tasted by JCaress on 1/7/2012 & rated 95 points: Fully integrated cabernet. Elegant nose, solid but not heavy fruit and a superb finish. Got better deeper into the bottle. Best wine thus far in early 2012. (1938 views) | | | Tasted by Dnjhansen on 12/8/2011 & rated 89 points: Bright fruit, clove mid palate and thick tannins, still young and the wine did not open (1661 views) | | | Tasted by rcurlee on 7/3/2011 & rated 92 points: A great staple Bordeaux blend from one of the greatest winemakers in California. It is a wine with that distinctive California Cabernet herbal mixed with fruit nose. It has a great deep and rich flavor (and color) seldomly found at this price point. It's drinking wonderfully now and seems to have many more years of enjoyment ahead of it. It was even better and more put together when drinking the second half of the bottle on the second day. (1778 views) | | | Tasted by vinomex on 10/28/2010: Opened and let it sit in the bottle. At the two hour mark the wine was sour, big tanins, I thought it was corked. As the wine sat in the glass it began to open up, became drinkable but nothing special. At the four hour mark after opening, I had it with NY strip steak with cab reduction sauce, the wine had improved significantly but was a bit overwhelming. The bouquet was smoky, maple syrupy, aged oak. In the mouth, you could feel the alcohol, in your face syrupy fruit,and an aged earthy feel to it. There is no syrah in the wine, but you could easily think this is a Mollydooker two left feet type wine. I had high expectations for this wine, the wine definitely needs to mellow out with time, though I am not sure if I like it at this point to believe it will suit my taste down the road. (2168 views) | | | Tasted by Guppies on 10/28/2009 & rated 92 points: This wine is growing better with age. Deep dark dark red, lots of depth, one great wine. (2707 views) | | | Tasted by mcneil7 on 9/11/2009 & rated 90 points: Wondeful wine, nice dark fruit on the nose, taste is balanced with mild tanins flavors of dark chocolate and spice (2313 views) | | | Tasted by Guppies on 6/4/2009 & rated 90 points: Still a very young wine, but believe it will develop into a great one. Deep dark ruby, cherry and slight hint of vanilla, high in tannins (3126 views) | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 12/4/2008 & rated 90 points: "Cab-in It" Seminar Tasting (Macy's on State Street - Chicago, IL): Cab-in it at Macy's on State Street with Johnny.
Ruby color. Cassis, dark cherries. Very young but kind of approachable with a lot of decanting.
Tons of dense tannins. Nice structure. (3224 views) | | | Tasted by JCaress on 10/27/2008 & rated 89 points: Just needs some time. Good fruit, with dark berry and a hint of chocolate. Tannins not bad for a young wine but 2-3 years could be superb. Had a glass on second night after opening, a smoother nicer finish. Worth cellaring for the price. (2785 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Melka 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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