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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by wino121 on 7/20/2017 & rated 89 points: Pretty enough in colour, this wine has a green, American oak flavour hitting it hard, I think..once past this issue, not bad... It's in the window now and will not improve. Drink now. (1943 views) | | Tasted by pkatz on 1/23/2017 & rated 92 points: Dark fruit and ready to drink. Good value for this level Napa cab. (1951 views) | | Tasted by comlaw on 8/5/2016 & rated 90 points: Aerated and decanted for 1 hour which was sufficient. Medium bodied cabernet with dark fruit. Only negative was slight vegetal note. Overall, a great value. (2109 views) | | Tasted by wdlohr on 7/27/2015 & rated 90 points: This wine has significant depth and structure. The aroma is rich and hollow with a full finish and long finish. (2931 views) | | Tasted by Pfleonard on 7/20/2015 & rated 90 points: Very nice wine. Full bodied, dark fruit up front and great mouth feel. Hard to believe the name on the bottle. (2659 views) | | Tasted by KAP on 10/11/2014 & rated 90 points: Good QPR. Smooth. (2271 views) | | Tasted by GrantGieseler on 8/23/2014 & rated 88 points: I think this wine could benefit from 2-3 years in the cellar. Still a little stiff and doesn't finish very well. Decent wine for $35 retail. (2253 views) | | Tasted by homerfan33 on 1/5/2014 & rated 88 points: Good wine but a bit too sweet for my taste. (2723 views) | | Tasted by Mostholy on 11/3/2013 & rated 90 points: I did like this wine a bit. I will purchase it again. I believe with a little more age to it it will be an even more enjoyable consumption. (2099 views) |
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Cabernet 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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