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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 30 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by kacl on 12/2/2020 & rated 91 points: Nice rich cherries, balanced (730 views) | | | Tasted by VAD on 1/3/2020 & rated 90 points: Very smooth and balanced. No tanins or a long finish. Past it's prime. Good bottle, but not great. (1131 views) | | | Tasted by SharkyRubio on 9/12/2018: Very smooth yet not great finish maybe because expired (1536 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 3/29/2015 & rated 89 points: Dark ruby with no bricking; nose has black fruit, some vanilla; palate is full bodied, smooth tannins, black fruit; medium finish. Ready to drink now, decent mid-level california cabernet. 89 (4028 views) | | | Tasted by VAD on 11/14/2014 & rated 89 points: Typical heavy napa cab. (4042 views) | | | Tasted by rkosd on 10/9/2014 & rated 89 points: Silky smooth and full of black fruit, mainly currant and cherry. Smooth tannins and a light amount of used oak add to the subtly of this wine. Medium finish makes it worthwhile. (3636 views) | | | Tasted by Paytondogger on 1/1/2014 & rated 91 points: Very nice and well structured wine. Blackcurrant backbone and black cherry fruit. Hints of soft oak and warm vanilla notes. Silky tannins . (4130 views) | | | Tasted by Pink2507 on 11/9/2013 & rated 92 points: I love this wine. Probably my favorite everyday wine. (3887 views) | | | Tasted by zendruid49 on 8/16/2013 & rated 89 points: Good but my palate wasn't up to the snuff that night (2028 views) | | | Tasted by wabi47 on 7/21/2013 & rated 90 points: silky ripe plum with a bit of currant and tobacco/bell pepper; nicely integrated oak and good balance. Worked will with the big hunks meat, but smooth enough to sip on its own. (2008 views) | | | Tasted by Vinophiliac559 on 3/30/2013 & rated 79 points: Black cherries with a hint of oak on the nose. Initially a little hot. Not much going on, light to medium body with a little cherry and a little pepper. Dry to almost off dry finish. (344 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011)
(St. Clement Cabernet Sauvignon Oroppas Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| St. Clement Producer website
Cabernet 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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