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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.1 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 36 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by herbers on 12/5/2020 & rated 93 points: Smooth with a lot of fruit for an 11 (1655 views) | | | Tasted by WesleyCox on 11/28/2020 & rated 90 points: Still has life left. Better than I remember the last bottle a few years ago. A light cab, fruity with cherry & strawberry and a hint of pepper. 2011 vintage and I drank 11/2020 (1518 views) | | | Tasted by TomOfCT on 4/25/2020: Grapey, lacking structure...sadly, past its prime. Usually these last 12+ years. (1959 views) | | | Tasted by WineConfiguration on 12/13/2018 & rated 89 points: I have fell in love with Burgess since I landed a case of the 2004 vintage napa cab, I drank it all within 2 months of time(@2017), the 04 vintage was lovely. Plums, small black fruit tasting notes, a nice semi fruity taste to its finishing, almost like a black currant drop to the back bone. The 2011 vintage however sank below my expectations. The nose is very similar to the 04, nice black fruits and sweet aroma. Medium body. There are tons of pencils and leads on the tasting note, the finishing was much bitter than its suppose to in comparison to 2004 and 2008. There are a handful of complex minerals on the taste, but not a pleasant finishing and lack of depth or satisfaction, shows a very strong dull nutty flavor at the end. We decanted it for 2hrs, shows no improvements, will have to experiment the rest of case and age it for another year to see if any improvements (although I can sense that this vintage is lack of backbone and it might not hold up for that long). Really was hoping to get that lovely black fruit tasting note and semi sweet finishing like the 04, but the 11 is certainly a disappointment. (To my surprise, I also realized that it is no longer using a wooden cork). Tannis did took in the 3rd hour, it have gotten a bit better on opening up with the fruit notes but the rise of the alcohol taste also kicked in(not the best combo with the mineral +nutty flavor). No pairings during the tasting but suggest a nice New York Strip steak if there was an option to choose from. Overall, decent Napa bottle, better than good but not great.
Cheers,
The Winenald Ronald
Of Boston, Manhattan, Hong Kong and Shanghai (2535 views) | | | Tasted by pfisher17 on 7/18/2017 & rated 92 points: Wonderful. Maybe not the best vintage but a well rounded Napa cab! (4767 views) | | | Tasted by j209j319 on 3/18/2017: Decanted 45 min, tannins took over. Decanted 2 hours, acidity took over. There is little balance and little body to this cab, which is very surprising for a Howell Mountain cab in this price range. (3980 views) | | | Tasted by j209j319 on 3/17/2017: Decanted 45 min, tannins took over. Decanted 2 hours, acidity took over. There is little balance and little body to this cab, which is very surprising for a Howell Mountain cab in this price range. (3911 views) | | | Tasted by Jsiegelm on 1/21/2017: Smooth. Little spice. Smooth finish. (781 views) | | | Tasted by resnati on 11/25/2016 & rated 92 points: Very enjoyable - a little fruit forward on the nose but very well balanced on the palate (4550 views) | | | Tasted by ntenney on 11/2/2016 & rated 88 points: Nice fruit, jumping out of the glass, but very little structure. Drink now and enjoy! (4059 views) | | | Tasted by dansmack on 7/10/2016 & rated 91 points: Great cab with soft feel; needs about 90 minutes to open up (2622 views) | | | Tasted by Darianp on 1/28/2016 & rated 84 points: Got this from Underground Cellars and wish they had been more upfront about the poor quality - very closed off. Not sure it will recover. May be that 2011 was just a bad year. Disappointed. I have a couple left and will let them sit for a year or two and see if they get better. Structure is fading - tannins are full bore - fruit is fading even a little acrid... (2968 views) | | | Tasted by ChickenNoodle on 11/9/2015 & rated 89 points: A little closed right now. Better on second day. Rich black fruits with light vanilla and caramel. Should be better in a couple years. (3135 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 8/28/2015 & rated 89 points: This bottle had been open for some time. It was really drinking well. The nose shows some cassis and tobacco. On the palate, more restrained. Not super ripe. Worked quite well with food. Very enjoyable! (2784 views) | | | Tasted by Mountster27 on 7/4/2015 & rated 90 points: Upfront with cassis and blueberry fruit. Soft tannin and plenty of vanilla oak.
Good choice from Napa for the price. (2506 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 3/24/2015 & rated 89 points: Burgess Wines with Steve Burgess (WRW Wines): Nice wine. A very nice showing for 2011. Nice cassis fruit, and a bit of earthiness. Has some complexity. Easy to drink. Good value for Napa Cab here. (2700 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Burgess Producer Website2011 Burgess Cabernet Sauvignon Napa ValleypH: 4.00
TA :0.61
BLEND: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Petit Verdot
Two estate vineyards were sourced for the making of this Cabernet, both mountain sites on the slopes of Howell Mountain. Burgess’s Haymaker Vineyard faces east with slopes averaging about 25%.
The soil here is well draining, and grapes have no trouble reaching their optimum maturity even in difficult vintages. Ranch Vineyard faces west, with an average slope of 22%. The soil at this
unique site is known as “tuff” and consists of compressed volcanic ash. 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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