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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Lee Fining on 8/5/2022 & rated 93 points: Age has balanced and smooth the rough edges. This was a highly enjoyable, mature, full bodied Cabernet that is ready to enjoy today. Well worth the wait! (248 views) | | | Tasted by wineshaman on 1/26/2019 & rated 93 points: Decanted 2 hours, last bottle of five, love to have more. Paired with prime boneless NY strip, roasted asparagus, roasted carrots, roasted muchrooms and whole garlic. I can tell you this combo was something to be savored. This Napa Cab paired incredibly, currants, cassis, dark plum, great structure, dusty, cedar notes, ready now but cold easily go five plus more years in a cool cellar, but why wait. (576 views) | | | Tasted by wineshaman on 9/16/2016 & rated 91 points: PNP, currants, cassis, sweet finish, but not overdone, plenty of structure at least for the short term. (1132 views) | | | Tasted by wineshaman on 1/22/2016 & rated 91 points: Decanted 1 hr, another nicely balanced Napa cab,, plenty of currant, cassis, dark cherry, plum, hints of earth, integrated tannins, drink over the next 3 or so years. (1319 views) | | | Tasted by wineshaman on 11/28/2013 & rated 91 points: Beautiful nose, currants, plums, quite dry compared to the 09 caymus on the same table. Very nice effort that is a nice match for food. (2256 views) | | | Tasted by wineshaman on 9/28/2013 & rated 92 points: Decanted1hr, caught this bottle at a good time, great balance of currant/cassis, plums, cedar and spice. Still some tannins to intergrate Paired well wit an off beat version go beef burgundy. (2241 views) | | | Tasted by CK6865 on 11/27/2011 & rated 94 points: Decanted for 3 hours , nice nose, deep red pour, served with steak lots of dark fruit, a really nice wine ,will only get better with time for the price point this is a great,great wine, glad I have a case of it. (3343 views) | | | Tasted by Lee Fining on 10/2/2011 & rated 92 points: Medium dark ruby red. Excellent nose of dark fruit that carried over to the taste. Tannins are big enough that you will want to let this one sit for a few years. (2793 views) |
| Stanton 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)Oakville |
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