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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2026 (based on 11 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.2 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 45 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by redz on 4/12/2024 & rated 90 points: Similar to last tasting, still tight, a little thin, short finish. Might still come around with time. (68 views) | | | Tasted by davidspieker on 4/2/2024 & rated 89 points: Dark and dense red color. Musty warm fruit aromas. Chalky red fruit flavors with a warm juicy finish. (80 views) | | | Tasted by redz on 7/1/2023 & rated 90 points: Wow, I retract my last score of 92. This seemed unexciting, short finish, never really opened up. Young? (346 views) | | | Tasted by pinoteer on 3/22/2023 & rated 89 points: 1˝ hour decant so far. Black fruits, bell pepper, and licorice aromas. On the palate, black cherries and vanilla, with loads of licorice on the finish. Very fresh with soft, but still noticeable, tannins. Although the tannins dissolve and soften on the finish. The 14.5% ABV doesn't really come through. This is a pleasant enough Cali Cab but definitely on the lighter side and not in your face. I like this a lot, but it's hard to score this above 89. And, given the $36 price point, no QPR. Doesn't seem like there is room for improvement, so drinking in the near term seems wise. (421 views) | | | Tasted by redz on 1/7/2023 & rated 92 points: rich, dark cab, typical Napa flavors, tannins resolving. Nice Garagiste bottle. (527 views) | | | Tasted by Luvwine1 on 11/16/2022 flawed bottle: Corked (632 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 5/30/2022 & rated 92 points: Consistent with previous note. (1095 views) | | | Tasted by fmginc on 5/28/2022 & rated 90 points: Great notes (742 views) | | | Tasted by nefarm on 11/25/2021 & rated 87 points: Weak. Nose was off. (986 views) | | | Tasted by Snoski62 on 3/29/2021 & rated 91 points: Deep red. Nice combination of fruit and earth tones/spices. Not a typical Napa Cabernet in my opinion. Fruit doesn't dominate. Drinking well now, but has a few years left. Excellent with venison steaks (1416 views) | | | Tasted by DWaterman on 10/29/2020 & rated 91 points: Last bottle of the 2013. Love what Snowden is doing to California wine. Old World in style with the hint of California sunshine and soils. Very rustic with ample fruit, medium body and decent finish. Well integrated at this time with some tannins remaining.
Opened up and more approachable on day two. By day three, it was past its prime. (1487 views) | | | Tasted by davidspieker on 9/10/2020 & rated 89 points: Dark and dense red color. Musty warm fruit aromas. Chalky red fruit flavors with a warm juicy and well balanced finish. (1405 views) | | | Tasted by fmginc on 4/28/2020 & rated 89 points: rich round with simple fruit notes (1600 views) | | | Tasted by wmccone54 on 12/24/2019 & rated 90 points: The youthful characteristics noted back in September 2017 seem to have faded and this has come together. However, there isn’t as much complexity as I had hoped would develop. Displays a melange of black fruits, well integrated structure, and a medium finish, just not much in the realm of tertiary notes. (1593 views) | | | Tasted by Ketch1288 on 10/20/2019 & rated 83 points: Not very complex. Can get better wines in this price point (1437 views) | | | Tasted by cobystilp on 10/13/2019 & rated 89 points: Doesn't quite make the mark for qpr (1379 views) | | | Tasted by Rickets on 3/28/2019 & rated 89 points: just ok. not anything special and certainly not worth the price point. (1521 views) | | | Tasted by fats1976 on 3/17/2019 & rated 88 points: Seems disjointed, with biting tannins at the moment. Perhaps with a little more age it will come together. (1335 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 1/31/2019 & rated 92 points: Deep, full-bodied Napa Cab, medium finish, tasty but not much complexity. (1518 views) | | | Tasted by nefarm on 1/30/2019 & rated 90 points: P (1046 views) | | | Tasted by Myrison on 6/17/2018 & rated 89 points: Day 1: Definitely a nice cab but a bit overly jammy / fruity on the front for my taste and then quite dry on the finish.
Day 2: Jammy flavor has subsided considerably and the finish is much nicer as well. Probably didn’t give it enough time to open up on the first day. Recommend lots of air before enjoying. (1816 views) | | | Tasted by winecadence on 4/20/2018 & rated 85 points: This is not getting any better. I'm more dissapointed in it now than I was the first time. Expectations set too high. It's just a Meh. (1935 views) | | | Tasted by ashikoh on 3/6/2018 & rated 89 points: Dark ruby violet. Blackberry, graphite, and a slight herbal note on the nose. Dense and concentrated red and black fruits on the palate with prominent, chunky tannins and long, gravelly finish. Blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, and 2% Petit Verdot fermented with native yeasts then aged 19 months in 50% new French oak. Made by Diana Snowden wife of Jeremy Seysses of Domaine Dujac in Burgundy. Would undoubtedly benefit from more time in the bottle. 14.5% ABV. $50. (1788 views) | | | Tasted by garambler on 1/26/2018 & rated 89 points: This had a ripe, fragrant bouquet of black cherry, black currant, plum, anise, herb, burnt toast and mineral aromas. The palate was round, dry and a little austere with flavors of black cherry, plum, black currant, licorice, herb, spice, burnt toast and minerals. (1624 views) | | | Tasted by kchwd on 12/30/2017: Rimmerman reputation takes a hit here. Agree with a previous post that it's a decent $20 wine, but I paid WAY more. I'll not touch my 2 remaining bottles for 2-5 years and hope for the best. (1866 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Richard Hemming, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/14/2017)
(Snowden, The Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By William Kelley
Decanter, The 2013 California Cabernet Sauvignon vintage 98-126 (5/30/2016)
(Snowden, The Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (5/3/2016)
(Snowden Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley The Ranch, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2013 Napa Valley: Once Upon a Time in America… (Oct 2015) (10/1/2015)
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| Snowden 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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