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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by bacchus on 2/5/2012 & rated 92 points: shared with pat at selkirk manor. i love this wine. it has far outlived even the expectations of the proprietor. it still drinks beautifully. no decline since last tasted in 2010. very bordeaux like. it serves well to remember the enjoyment to be had when tasting a classically styled wine that is intended to be soft but luscious. as per previous notes, i particularly enjoy a wine that offers vinosity. (my definition-evidence that the grapes were fermented). i will be hunting down more recent vintages now that these are all gone. (1210 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 3/20/2010 & rated 92 points: this is great wine. it has continued to evolve since last tasting. it is more open and accessible without having to wait for aeration. yet, it does not deteriorate in the glass. i particularly enjoy a wine made in this style that offers vinosity (evidence of fermented grapes), in addition to primary fruit and wood. a ringer for bordeaux. equal to other california cabs at twice the price. (1502 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 9/26/2008 & rated 90 points: this wine continues to be a charmer. current impressions are consistent with notes for the bottle that we tasted last year. the wine has dominant notes of blackberry and raspberry along with generous vinosity. the wine builds in the glass, requiring 30 minute of air to show its full personality. this, together with the fact that the wine has remained in a relatively steady state for the past year indicates that it still has a long life ahead of it. (1548 views) | | | Tasted by bacchus on 11/16/2007 & rated 90 points: we recently met gary wooten (owner/winemaker) in boca. he suggested that this wine would be ready to go now.
this bottle was a charmer. good color, although a little transparent. beautiful nose, very much reminiscent of bordeaux. puts one in the mood for romance. this wine seems to be more about grape selection and vinification technique than terroir. well done! i am adding one year to longevity since i believe it will hold up and there are other things in the cue. (1719 views) | | | Tasted by sergiozy on 3/12/2006 & rated 89 points: surprising wine
heavy nose of nuts dveloping more as it opened
bargain for the 1998 (2337 views) |
| Croze 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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