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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2019 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by kevrob822 on 10/8/2020 & rated 91 points: A Solid Wine!!! Obviously, it’s aged, but still a great wine with nice black & blue fruit, subdued tannins and acidity, but still a very nice balance. Paired it with an excellent Filet purchased directly from Harris Ranch in the Central Valley. Terrific pairing.
To be fair, I think this is within a year or two +/- of it’s best showing. I’m beginning to go back and finish off my (slightly) older wines. Love older, aged Cabs, but too much of what I buy (i.e. can afford!!!) are not really “20 Year Age Worthy”! 😂 (476 views) | | | Tasted by Zoomin Z on 10/19/2018 & rated 90 points: Big, bold fruity Napa cab. Nice mouthfeel but loses its structure at the end. Tannins already integrated. Doubt waiting any more would add to this wine. (713 views) | | | Tasted by Tym4wine on 1/5/2018 & rated 90 points: Integrated tannins holding it together. Can continue to rest easily for at least another 3-5 years. Fairly linear, dark black fruit. (1019 views) | | | Tasted by NapaTom on 4/14/2016 & rated 92 points: did not it me quite as great as the last bottle ut it was still a solid 92. Excellent bququet. Complex and showing well right now. I opened it 2 hours ahead (no decant) and it was perfect for the whole long meal. (1269 views) | | | Tasted by NapaTom on 2/12/2016 & rated 94 points: i am VERY surprised at the 88 average. I just opened my first bottle of this. It was spectacular, Wonderful fruit medium body excellent complexity. Medium and medium dark fruit, some earth/Rutherford dust, cassis, tobacco, etc. Nice tannins quietly in evidence. Bob loved it too. Best of all the SGs in last 5 years we think. (1344 views) | | | Tasted by wineguy1968 on 11/28/2015 & rated 88 points: poor qpr. decent cab but pretty one dimensional and not nearly worth the price. (1082 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 2/24/2012 & rated 88 points: Premier Napa Valley Vintage Perspective Tasting Part I: Cabernet Sauvignons 2007-2009 (Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies, CIA Greystone, St. Helena, California): Dark ruby color; violets, ripe black currant nose; ripe black currant, berry palate, one-dimensional; medium-plus finish 88+ points (94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc; 22 mos. in French oak; 14.1% alcohol) (2568 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/24/2012)
(Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach Vineyard) Dark ruby color; violets, ripe black currant nose; ripe black currant, berry palate, one-dimensional; medium-plus finish 88+ points (94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc; 22 mos. in French oak; 14.1% alcohol) 88 points |
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| Sequoia Grove 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 SauvignonStagecoach Vineyard On weinlagen-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)Atlas Peak Atlas Peak Appellation Association |
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