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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Trump2016 on 4/24/2018: I liked very much. (987 views) | | | Tasted by HappyWineGuy on 8/26/2016 & rated 91 points: Really good. No alcohol burn, just big, giant Cabernet flavors with a very dry finish. Tasted really good with a strip steak. (1502 views) | | | Tasted by NEwino on 10/31/2013 & rated 92 points: Great drinker without over the top complexities. For a Howell Mtn Cab it was a bit light and missing that power you get from Howell mtn. I knew this from my previous bottles so I paired it with a pork dish instead of a big beef dish. I really enjoyed my bottles. (2180 views) | | | Tasted by Dasher on 8/5/2011 & rated 89 points: Starting to show some age. The fruit was still there a little bit but it was smooth. (3648 views) | | | Tasted by nilso on 6/4/2011 & rated 85 points: Got this one at the winery upon release. At the time I wasn't very impressed. I thought it would be gone by now but was pleasantly surprised to find a bold, dark and complex wine opening up after a few hours. Finish is surprisingly short. (3833 views) | | | Tasted by a.fine.cabernet on 4/28/2010 & rated 92 points: Stood up well next to Quintessa.
The wine looks Violet colored.
The legs are Slow.
It smells like Blackberry, Black currant (cassis), Mushroom, and Mineral. (3535 views) | | | Tasted by Dasher on 3/13/2010 & rated 93 points: Oustanding bottle. Hint of oak, blackberry, and very smooth! (3023 views) | | | Tasted by cabrnay on 1/16/2010 & rated 94 points: Just a great bottle of cabernet, very well balanced of fruit and tannins, very smooth and a joy to drink. Many Howell Mountain cabernets lean toward the bitter side, this does not. (2252 views) | | | Tasted by JoelZ on 5/2/2009 & rated 93 points: I'm glad I kept my hands off this one for the last couple of years. It's singing now. Nice little licorice kick on the nose. Cassis and chocolate. (1937 views) | | | Tasted by wineaux2 on 12/24/2007 & rated 91 points: Decanted for about 60 minutes. . .probably could have used another hour to open up a bit more. Still, the wine exhibited nice dark fruit, cigar box and spice. Lovely. (2275 views) |
| Goosecross Cellars 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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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