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| Drinking window: Drink between 2008 and 2014 (based on 49 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 marka on 2/26/2012 & rated 92 points: The 92 was on day 2. Good stuff.
- Purple color and aromas of bell pepper, cherry, violet and oak and has flavours of cherry and mushroom - Good bottle. I was a little nervous as it is "past its prime" according to CT and it was not impressive on opening. After about 30 minutes (non-decanted) it fleshed out and it started to remind RaNae and I of a wine from France. It was tasting like a Cab dominated wine from Bordeaux. (3320 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 4/10/2010: This is fully ready to go with great richness and depth of black fruit and tobacco. Excellent. (3791 views) | | | Tasted by wbrockob on 2/20/2010 & rated 91 points: Still tasting well, unfortunately the best glass was about two hours after open and left us wanting more. (3777 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 4/5/2009: Great richness and depth with black cherry, dark herbs and a persistent finish. In the zone and excellent. (3830 views) | | | Tasted by DianeR on 8/9/2008: Craig and Nita's Wine Barbecue: Small lot cabernet - very small production. Rich and opulent, with notes of tobacco, cherry, and blackcurrant. (4787 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 4/26/2007 & rated 90 points: Nice berry and plum nose; tasty, a little tight, plum palate with sweet tannins; medium finish 90+ pts. (1221 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 11/10/2006 & rated 89 points: Decanted for almost two hours. This had good depth and weight on the palate (without a lot of complexity} and lingering currents on the finish with some major tannin. As it continued to open the nose developed more black fruit, cedar and very slight touches of brett and rose petals. This is an excellent wine that was opened too early. (1754 views) |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/26/2007)
(Kathryn Kennedy Cabernet Sauvignon Small Lot) Nice berry and plum nose; tasty, a little tight, plum palate with sweet tannins; medium finish 90+ pts. 90 points |
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| Kathryn Kennedy Producer website /i\
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 Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
Once referred to by wine writers as the Chaine d'Or -- or "golden chain" -- the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA sits above Silicon Valley, running along the craggy range next to the Pacific on some of the prettiest parts of Northern California. The area supports more than 75 wineries, despite being limited by geography and high land prices.
In 1981 the Santa Cruz Mountains Viticultural Appellation became federally recognized, one of the first American viticultural areas to be defined by geophysical and climatic factors. The appellation encompasses the Santa Cruz Mountain range, from Half Moon Bay in the north, to Mount Madonna in the south. The east and west boundaries are defined by elevation, extending down to 800 feet in the east and 400 feet in the west. |
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