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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 7/9/2023 & rated 91 points: . dark red color wine, big fruit, needs time to open up. I would decant or leave open for at least an hour. I would hold for another few years Cheers (1225 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 4/7/2023 & rated 93 points: Incredible wine. has everything you need. super approachable. Cheers (1217 views) | | | Tasted by Badmonkey on 11/12/2022: Thinking about buying more to lay down in light of the 95 rating from Dunnuck but wanted to get an idea where it’s at first. Slow ox during the day for around eight hours and decanted for a couple more, however, that wasn’t enough - the fruit came across somewhat closed/not overly expressive. Dark ruby fruit - currants, blackberry, and dark cherry. Smooth-palate with solid depth/concentration. However, once again it came across somewhat closed/not overly expressive. Decent finish but not overly long nor deep. I’ll refrain from rating this bottle because it needs more time as expected. In my opinion, most of Mike’s 2019 cabs need another year or two. We’ll see how this bottle evolves over the next couple days. According to the winemaker, allow 2-3 years for the tannins and fruit to come together which makes sense. 100% cab. (2340 views) |
| Scarlett Wines 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)Rutherford Rutherford,
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