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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dajapino on 8/14/2021 & rated 95 points: This is really good. Nice and smooth with enough weight and fruit and that mountain spice to die for. (390 views) | | | Tasted by Hbgsurgeon on 3/12/2013 & rated 90 points: Much better than the last bottle. Good fruit and mellow tannins. Balanced, very nice. Drink up it is drinking great! (2302 views) | | | Tasted by Pluecht on 9/4/2012 & rated 86 points: Over bearing Syrah squashes all underlying fruit. Past it's prime. Drink or turn into sauce (2590 views) | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 7/12/2012 & rated 91 points: really nice, a big wine - thick and rich, in a really nice mountain fruit kinda way, some grip still left but the tannins have receded, some nice acidity still there - the wine is alive (tho i wouldn't call it bright), mouthfeel is really rich and concentrated, fruit is very evident - cherry, pomegranate, currant... i also get some of what i think of as apricot nose / taste which i often get on the big Shiraz... ready to drink for sure but not over the hill in any way (in contrast to some other notes) (2547 views) | | | Tasted by tsfab on 1/18/2011 & rated 93 points: I was stunned. Still very much alive. Great fruit, nice balance with still sturdy backbone of soft tannins. Tasted a bottle a couple of years ago and it must have been going through a dumb phase because it was nowhere near the full bodied Spring mountain Cab that it was today. Nice blackberry, black stone fruit, a little anise and some lavender along with some subtle smoky oak. My last bottle and was expecting this to be a little past its prime but was mistaken. Nice bottle! (3250 views) | | | Tasted by djump on 12/25/2010 & rated 92 points: Excellent Cab Needs advance Decanting the longer the better (2958 views) | | | Tasted by dharlow on 3/4/2008 & rated 90 points: Definitely past it's prime....still very good, but the jammy delicious Spring Mountain fruit is gone.... (1871 views) | | | Tasted by NW_HURLEY on 3/15/2007 & rated 88 points: Unfortunately, this one time star was past its prime. Opened and decanted for 1 hour prior to consuming. All of the hints of a large, mountain fruit-based Cabernet were there but only in muted tones. We will not make this mistake again. (1909 views) | | | Tasted by Cal Bear on 9/29/2006 & rated 97 points: Really fantastic wine. I'd tasted this first with the winemakers on release, loved it then and bought a case to lay down. This was the first bottle opened since then and it lived up to my expectations. Full bodied, deep dark pure color, and absolutely integrated, balanced and refined. Dominant fruit flavors were blackberries and plums with amazing overtones of vanilla, light oak, lavender and just a hint of smokiness. Very sophisticated and complex without being at all intimidating. Served this bottle with other wines at a dinner party and it was far-and-away everyone's favorite of the night. (1936 views) | | | Tasted by elpasset on 12/31/2005 & rated 96 points: WOW! Easily the best bottle of the night. I had been sitting on 3 bottles and was waiting for the right time to open and try a bottle of Sherwin. This was just amazing. A very well-rounded, smooth wine. With 2 left, now the problem is when to open the next? (2195 views) | | | Tasted by wineismylife on 10/15/2005 & rated 92 points: WIML92,NOWA,WS88
Tasted October 15, 2005 at home with a dinner of Grilled Ribeyes. Opened and served immediately in Spiegelau Authentis Magnum glasses. Purple color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Loads of black cherries, plums, currants and a dash of smoke on the nose carries right through to the palate. Silky tannins and palate pleasing acidity make this wine a real treat to drink right now. Can be served right now from the bottle without decanting or likely held a few more years if desired. One of the real gems of the vintages. Recommended. (1907 views) |
| Sherwin Family Vineyards 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)Spring Mountain DistrictWikipedia article on the Spring Mountain Distric AVA. |
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