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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2019 (based on 53 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 27 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by LongBeach17 on 8/24/2018 & rated 94 points: Starting to show signs of detoriations. Otherwise still drinkable. Numeric score is for the original tasting done in 2014 of the 2010 vintage. (1078 views) | | | Tasted by Martnmac on 7/26/2015 & rated 90 points: Wow! Impressed for the price! Black fruit. Big but not over done. Vanilla on the nose. Nice tannins. Smooth finish. Agree with the Winohs on here. It's a 90+ enjoy! (2685 views) | | | Tasted by mpsocal on 12/31/2013 & rated 90 points: After about 30 minutes it opened up nicely. It has good tannic structure with black cherry and vanilla notes. (3558 views) | | | Tasted by Pipcelot on 12/2/2013 & rated 92 points: Started out as a 90 and grew into a 92 over the next day. Big red and black fruit, and big tannins, from this Dry Creek producer. Delicious and reasonably priced at about 35 bones from the winery. (3702 views) | | | Tasted by firstgrowth on 9/6/2013 & rated 90 points: Blackberry notes & slightly s (3701 views) | | | Tasted by BigRagu on 8/10/2013 & rated 91 points: Smokey, hearty, full flavored cabernet. (2774 views) | | | Tasted by BigRagu on 7/8/2013 & rated 91 points: Enjoyed with chicken fried steak for Brian's birthday dinner. (1346 views) | | | Tasted by BigRagu on 6/28/2013 & rated 91 points: So smooth. Beautiful color. Rich bouquet of plum, cherry, licorice, earth tones. (624 views) | | | Tasted by RettC on 6/4/2013 & rated 90 points: Not bold and chewy like most cabs. Had a great nose and finished smooth. A great cab to start with if you're having more than one. (609 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Dutcher Crossing 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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