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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by europat55 on 7/16/2018 & rated 90 points: Whitehall Lane Vertical Tasting
Nose: B++ Palate: B++
My #4, Group's #6 (59 pts) Tasted blind. (708 views) | | | Tasted by ArtF on 9/20/2012 & rated 96 points: For our 31st anniversary at Mitch and Toni's. Perfectly stored, from Winebid. Deep red with no bricking whatsoever. Improved over the two hours we enjoyed it. Ringer for a mid-mature Pessac-Leognan cru, but more fruit, less minerally, with lots of metallic earth on palate. Smooth and elegant. Drying tannins emerge only after 60 minutes in glass. Drink now-2020. (2268 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 9/15/2007 & rated 89 points: Black fruit nose; black fruit, beef jus palate; medium tangy finish (628 views) | | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 4/23/1989 & rated 92 points: Purchased for $10.64 at Liquor Barn in 1984. With Kathy at home at dinner (risotto with roasted red peppers and sun-dried tomatoes). An extremely attractive wine. Still very dark. Nearly opaque right to the edge. Nose stunning. Lots of highly extracted Cabernet aromas; "essence of Cabernet" jumps from the glass. Very attractive on the palate, very deep. Blackcurrant predominates. Great balance. Luscious. Complex. At its peak? If so, glorious in its old age; doesn't seem eight years old, and probably could go at least several or five more years. 5-12-17-8: 92/100. (1750 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (9/15/2007)
(Whitehall Lane Cabernet Sauvignon) Black fruit nose; black fruit, beef jus palate; medium tangy finish 89 points |
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https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2018/11/big-red-petit-verdot-for-serious-sipping.htmlCabernet 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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