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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.7 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Doctor Vyd on 12/26/2022 & rated 90 points: Nice fruity nose deep color strong smooth finish Delightful with standing rib on Christmas day (494 views) | | | Tasted by Doctor Vyd on 11/18/2022 & rated 92 points: Deep color faint fruit on the nose strong smooth finish well balanced (464 views) | | | Tasted by Winelover48 on 12/31/2019: Wine is clearly past its prime not terrible, just on its way out. (1150 views) | | | Tasted by sunnylea57 on 10/27/2018 & rated 93 points: A spectacular showing. Drank alongside a 1978 Burgess CS, and they were both in fine shape. It was clear they were the same wine, but the '78 had a very slight note of green pepper. (1284 views) | | | Tasted by ATL on 9/8/2018: In exactly the right place. Drink or hold. (1204 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 10/17/2017: A fantastic showing and much, much better on day two. Really tight from the get go and some initial marks of oak that dissipated after a few hours. Dark blue fruit, cool and collected, subtle notes of tobacco and underbrush. Good structure, good balance, a great deal of complexity. Understated. Wish I had more than the 2 bottles I have left in the cellar. (1308 views) | | | Tasted by ATL on 12/18/2016: Nice enough traditional style cab. Drink or hold. (1459 views) | | | Tasted by Vinu on 12/11/2014 & rated 85 points: probably past its prime but still very drinkable (2057 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 5/24/2013: Really nice showing, the fruit still in the forefront, there is good structure and tension here. Can live for a lot longer. (2315 views) | | | Tasted by markan on 7/4/2012 & rated 85 points: past prime (3244 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 3/24/2012 & rated 86 points: Our own Jugement de Paris with 10+ years old affordable wines (Our House, San Jose, CA): Good nose, bot somewhat soft palate with hints of vanilla, burnt berries and some herbs. This feels like it is way past its prime but still a good drinking. Tasted blind. (3249 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 1/7/2012: So different from the last bottle which I thought was a spoofed mess. The 1994 showed a bit more complexity than the 1996 with brown'ish fruit notes, sous-bois, leather and tobacco. There are none of the oaky marks I noted in the last bottle so all in this was a great surprise. Lovely. (2697 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 10/29/2011: Must admit that I'm tired of oak chips and vanilla in my wine. I'm also tired of giving Napa cabs a chance and equally so Bordeaux for that matter. At age 17 one smells, well, heavy oak out of the glass. At age 17 one tastes coconut oil and vanilla ice cream on the palate. Why would the grower take his grapes and soak them in new wood to an extent where one would never be abe to recognize where the bottled wine comes from anymore. I truly enjoyed the 1996 just a few months back, this one is a spoofed mess. (2621 views) | | | Tasted by markan on 10/2/2011 & rated 87 points: just okay, but past prime. Needed 15 minutes to open up but didn't last longer than about an hour. (3343 views) | | | Tasted by GGinSF on 12/7/2010 & rated 89 points: Still alive, with dark fruit still present. Great to have a CA Cab that can stand up to longer-term aging. It's certainly at or more likely past its peak, but it's not dead yet! (3625 views) | | | Tasted by drerwinsu on 12/30/2009 & rated 92 points: Very smooth. Tannins gone as one would expect for a 15 yr old wine. Unfortunately just a bit past peak. (2715 views) | | | Tasted by MJTed on 1/2/2009 & rated 92 points: Beautiful aged Calicab. Still showing dark cherry fruit, classic cab assis and secondary notes of tobacco and spice. Dark garnet in color with no bricking. (1743 views) | | | Tasted by jsebiri on 9/6/2008 & rated 90 points: i am starting to think that 1994 cabs are making an awakening , this was very good as was the other 3 1994 cabs i have opened in the past few months......keep on truckn 1994 (3184 views) | | | Tasted by Slackt on 8/24/2008 & rated 95 points: Final bottle, and they were all excellent! (1870 views) | | | Tasted by Slackt on 7/12/2008 & rated 90 points: This wine is still very drinkable despite the recommendation to drink by 2006. (1823 views) | | | Tasted by Slackt on 7/3/2008 & rated 85 points: Very smooth but at the end of it's useful drinking life. Cork broke during opening either to OE or dried cork, not sure which. (1780 views) | | | Tasted by cabdrinker on 4/13/2008: This bottle was remarkably similar to the 91 I had a month ago.
Color was a little darker ruby. Nose again of veggie, earthy tones, very subdued fruit at first. Texture was smooth. Little more sour cherry with this vintage coming through on the front end through the finish, mixed with a little bit of dust as with the 91
The biggest difference between the two was this bottle not only opened up but got better in my opinion over the 5 hours I consumed it. (1807 views) | | | Tasted by rloomis on 3/17/2007: tasted @ winery: leather, cranberry, integrated oak, some moderate complexity -- nice! (2535 views) | | | Tasted by dcardoni on 6/22/2006 & rated 86 points: Bottle from the Library Collection. Had with grilled ribeyes. Just not all that much there - a pleasant wine, nothing more. (2122 views) | | | Tasted by fryguy on 12/15/2005 & rated 75 points: Has no finish at all, dont know if this was over the hill or was like this orginally but PA save your money not even worth the 19.99. We did like the 1993 some. but not going to last much longer either. (2474 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Burgess 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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