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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.9 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jww on 5/25/2019 & rated 92 points: big fruit nose very smooth dark fruits
smooth finish
good when first opened and drank consistently over an hour (1335 views) | | | Tasted by jsmorris707 on 8/25/2018 & rated 94 points: PNP (JP brought to dinner), took awhile to open up & is actually much better on day 2, deep ruby, dark fruit with vanilla, med. tannins med. finish; very good, drink or hold (1555 views) | | | Tasted by sinkerinthedirt on 6/18/2018 & rated 89 points: Opened well and had an amazing nose. Gave it two hours in the bottle. More fruit than i expected, tannins had largely aged out. Good wine, but didnt blow me away. (1439 views) | | | Tasted by DaveCaldwell on 11/23/2017: Notes of black cherry. Spicy (1566 views) | | | Tasted by Robert Pavlovich on 6/12/2017: Definitely on the hedonistic side, big concentrated fruit with fairly well integrated oak. Served cool to keep the alcohol in check. Another taster (blinded) was picking up a significant Merlot influence. All together, a little too high octane, and lacking the earth and freshness I look for in CA Cabernet. (1963 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 12/16/2015 & rated 94 points: Tasting Group Holiday Party (Mouton, Laurent, Essencia, Hundred Acre, Staglin, +++) (University Circle): Holy crap is this bottle heavy. Must be 6 pounds. Purple in color. The nose is cassis, cedar and saw dust. On the palate, this is sweet jammy pie filling. Also a bit chalky. Hugely tannic. It took a moment for my palate to adjust after the Mouton. Once it did, this was quite enjoyable. I am sure some would find this the antithesis of wine, but that's too bad. There is a lot of hedonistic pleasure here. Drinking very young, blind I might have guessed a 2013. Given the fruit and tannins, I would say this has a long life ahead. (2453 views) | | | Tasted by wpattison on 12/7/2013 & rated 91 points: My guess is this wine is reflecting the mediocre year 2006 was for Napa. Bouquet was wonderful, but the wine had little body to it, at least not to the level I was expecting for such a high-$ wine. (Or perhaps my tastings over the previous year of some very outstanding wines has had some influence?) Nonetheless, this was enjoyed with good company celebrating some good news, so there's that.
My dinner was the LB Steak 8oz filet mignon with horseradish cream sauce, creamed spinach, and potato sarladaise. (2496 views) | | | Tasted by Luis N on 9/15/2013 & rated 92 points: Excelente Wine! (2070 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 2/28/2013 & rated 93 points: Decanted and drank over two hours. Initially this was a little tight in a little rough but after about an hour and rounded out nicely. Big and lush in the glass. Lots of dark black of fruit. Coffee, licorice, chocolate. Some floral notes. Medium smooth finish. (2313 views) | | | Tasted by Karl Halicke on 11/22/2012 & rated 95 points: Very youthful fruit upon opening. Nice combination of spice and dark fruit after an hour of opening. Three hours after opening it was voluputous on the tongue and elegantly soft as it finished. This wine will only get better with age. Looking forward to our next ones!! (2288 views) | | | Tasted by Tuskeny Raider on 9/22/2012 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured at Reef. A big typical California cab. No formal notes just from memory this was tightly wound and started to open up after an hour in bottle. Good wine but didn't stand up to the Quintessa on the table. Overall, good wine but not for the price. (2283 views) |
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A visit to Trefethen winery estate in Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley -
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2013/05/trefethen-family-napa-valley-estate.htmlCabernet 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) |
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