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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.6 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by oski on 3/6/2007: Nice everyday bottle of cab. Nothing spectacular nothing obnoxious. (1515 views) | | Tasted by cousteau on 11/19/2006 & rated 87 points: Consistent with the last bottle I tried six months ago. A little more evolved with the the same smooth, fruity and chocolate palate, very nice. (1844 views) | | Tasted by JonnyB on 7/25/2006 & rated 86 points: decent qpr, rich color, not much nose or complexity, short finish, prefer the Columbia Crest Grand Estates. (2008 views) | | Tasted by cousteau on 5/6/2006 & rated 86 points: Simple California Cabernet, smooth and balanced, cherries and some chocolate. Round and supple. (2270 views) | | Tasted by Russ on 1/16/2006 & rated 88 points: Friends brought over 2 bottles to London broil dinner. A bit early for this wine but deserves the rating because I didn't pay for it. This will be a nice wine in a few more years. Oak and a black cherry flavor for a few seconds. (2192 views) |
| Wente 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 |
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