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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Lax4 on 5/21/2017 & rated 91 points: Nice ruby red color, hints of black cherry and herbs. nice flavor beginning to end. (1543 views) | | | Tasted by Lax4 on 5/15/2016 & rated 90 points: What a great flavor and taste. Nice deep red/ruby color. nice finish (1691 views) | | | Tasted by Lax4 on 4/2/2016 & rated 88 points: Opened up with time. Great wine with hints of cherry, licorice, with nice deep color. (1593 views) | | | Tasted by ArizonaWineGuy on 7/22/2015 & rated 90 points: Had this as part of a tasting with a 2004 of the same wine. This wine definitely shows more youth, and is perhaps a bit tightly wound at the moment. Good fruit, highlighted by black plums and black berries, with a hint of cocoa coming through on the finish. Tannins aren't harsh, but still somewhat awkward and needs a couple more years to fully integrate. Pretty nice grape juice, but in this tasting I prefer the 2004. (1974 views) | | | Tasted by forestbar on 1/27/2015 & rated 91 points: It's chimney Rock. Rock solid full wine. Like it!!! (2153 views) | | | Tasted by Bauman on 5/11/2014 & rated 91 points: Medium dry medium body. Good nose. Wait on the next bottle. Needs more time to age. (1559 views) | | | Tasted by synopsis222 on 4/3/2014 & rated 91 points: This wine is always amazing. They are one of my favorite cabs in Napa. Tried many tastings there with different years. But this one sticks out with being good. Consistent every year. (1549 views) | | | Tasted by Frank_A_M on 2/16/2014 & rated 90 points: Ruby color, fruity to the nose, alcohol noticeable, nice smooth finish. (1360 views) | | | Tasted by JP512 on 1/11/2014 & rated 90 points: Very floral nose, light bodied, very nice finish, cherry, pairs excellent with pork, steak. (1200 views) | | | Tasted by Katrina4102 on 11/15/2013 & rated 92 points: Very good, one of my favorite cabs (1124 views) | | | Tasted by Lax4 on 5/12/2013 & rated 89 points: Great tasting wine that will only get better with time. (914 views) | | | Tasted by Lax4 on 4/21/2013 & rated 88 points: Nice tasting wine that only got better with time. May be best if cellared for a little longer. Nice bordeaux blend with some smokiness and hints of herbs. (879 views) |
| Chimney Rock 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 SauvignonAlpine Vineyard On weinlage-infoUSAAmerican 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)Stags Leap District Stags Leap District |
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