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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2030 (based on 8 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 36 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Orian1701 on 1/2/2024 & rated 92 points: Deep ruby with some purple
Black currant, cherry, fig, cedar, bell pepper, pencil shavings.
Deep fig and blackberry, vanilla, toffee, graphite, mint
Moderate acidity with medium tannin and lingering finish. Well balanced fruit with deeper notes. Long finish. Surprisingly mellow but lucious integrated flavors (667 views) | | | Tasted by JohnR1963 on 12/17/2023: Gift to Robin Neas (644 views) | | | Tasted by caspernick on 10/29/2023 & rated 92 points: Medium to deep ruby with high viscosity (14.5% ABV). The nose has medium (+) intensity aromas of black cherry, blackberry, charred oak, sweet cassis, chocolate powder, baking spices and a hint of vanilla bean. The palate is dry with medium acidity and medium (+) tannins that are silky. The full body of this wine is layered with ripe black fruit, chocolate, vanilla, some coffee and baking spices. The blackberry and cassis notes carry the finish to a long length and allow the gentle acidity and delightful tannins to caress my palate. It's a really delicious wine with a very nice mouthfeel. 92 points from me for this $37 effort makes it a 5 star wine to drink with hearty meat dishes till 2030.
https://wp.me/p125DB-3l1 (944 views) | | | Tasted by ChickenNoodle on 5/12/2023 & rated 87 points: Very oaky with dark fruits. Light tannins and smooth finish (1632 views) | | | Tasted by VinedyRoad on 1/14/2023 & rated 89 points: not as enjoyable as the 2018 (2094 views) | | | Tasted by Joerjohnson on 1/3/2023 & rated 89 points: Wine was awesome. Had a deep nose of dark fruit, leather, spice. The pallet has medium to full tannins, deep dark fruit (cherry, black currant), with delicate spice woody notes. Wine has a medium finish and is very well balanced. Wine is priced high though Napa is an expensive place to make wine and they did and outstanding job with this. Would buy again to drink at a very nice dinner party - not a standard week night wine. (1843 views) | | | Tasted by Double-A on 12/10/2022 & rated 88 points: Plump, cherry jam, red currant, and sweet spice nose. Big and warming with soft fruit and structured tannins; weighty vanilla oak and berry fruit finish. The crappy agglomerate cork was the first sign I was about to be underwhelmed... it opens up and finds balance with aeration, but it's not the cabernet of distinction I was hoping for.
3.5/5 (2046 views) | | | Tasted by Al-Vino on 10/10/2022: Meh… (2226 views) | | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 9/15/2022 & rated 92 points: Nice overall with dark currants, minerals, floral, earth and tobacco. Medium plus finish. (1947 views) | | | Tasted by Icemn21 on 8/22/2022 & rated 89 points: Nice nose initially which faded with time. Tasty, albeit a bit “artificial” tasting A Little alcohol burn in the finish.
Would be a phenomenal $15 “grocery store” wine Pretty average for $38 at Costco (1270 views) | | | Tasted by gmac10 on 8/21/2022 & rated 87 points: Weak nose, great color, nice fruit up front but dries up and falls off real quickly with a little bit of burn on the finish. But I will give it credit for the label, one of the coolest I've ever seen. (1165 views) | | | Tasted by Al-Vino on 7/1/2022 & rated 90 points: One word - thin. Hopefully will gain some heft with aging. (920 views) | | | Tasted by sduraybito on 7/1/2022 & rated 91 points: Concentrated and smooth but not as nice as the 2016 Beaulieu Vineyard Tapestry Reserve we had the same night. Howard's retirement/Sally's 67. (1179 views) | | | Tasted by Bob and Joli on 2/6/2022 & rated 90 points: Surprisingly good. Full bodied. Hard to predict how it will age.
Drink in one day; fell off the second day. (1105 views) | | | Tasted by Deegie on 2/5/2022 & rated 93 points: This is a silky, bold Cab. It’s all in balance: the fruit, the fine tannins, and the right amount of acidity. The finish is longer than I expected as well. A very enjoyable drink - and I wish I’d bought more! (1036 views) | | | Tasted by Jdyessman on 1/6/2022: A very nice wine and very smooth. Glad I have 5 more bottles. (898 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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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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