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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jackaroo on 1/11/2017: Cork was jet black, but still intact. Bottle level was an inch below neck. No browning on edge. Still drinkable but decidedly on the downside. Of coarse, after thirty-eight years, bottle variation is the norm. (1544 views) | | | Tasted by jackaroo on 2/1/2014 & rated 92 points: Kind of lost in my cellar for 20+ years. Turned out to be a blessing. Fill just barely into the neck with saturated cork. Absolutely no browning on edges. Fully mature, exceptional bouquet and flavor. A tribute to ageing potential of CA cabernet. (2507 views) | | | Tasted by jackaroo on 9/18/2013 flawed bottle: Corked, but I'm cautiously optimistic for my remaining bottles. (2715 views) | | | Tasted by theusualsuspect on 4/24/2010 & rated 91 points: Exceptionally well stored. Not quite up to the 90 Montrose on the table, but not that far behind. Well integrated spicy American oak dominates the palate. Quite lengthy, and improved noticeably with time. Harkens back to when California was trying to make wines like Bordeaux. When California really had a different style. How the worm has turned. (3654 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 7/17/2008 & rated 89 points: 1978 Cabernets (and Cab Blends) - Retrospective Tasting (Palo Alto, California): Group's #5 (my #3) – 628 pts; 0, 1, 4, 2 – Dark red violet with pale meniscus; reticent ox tartare and sweet meat jus nose; mature sweet beef jus and tart black fruit palate with respectable structure; medium-plus finish (13.8% alcohol) (1545 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (7/17/2008)
(Kenwood Cabernet Sauvignon Jack London Vineyard) Group's #5 (my #3) – 628 pts; 0, 1, 4, 2 – Dark red violet with pale meniscus; reticent ox tartare and sweet meat jus nose; mature sweet beef jus and tart black fruit palate with respectable structure; medium-plus finish (13.8% alcohol) 89 points |
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| Kenwood 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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