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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MateusPetrus on 9/3/2017 & rated 90 points: Wow, tons of fruit left in this, even after 29 years.
Amber color, port-ish nose, sweet tongue with *no* tannins. Fruit, sugar and alcohol remain with earthy mushroom-ish overtones. And yet -
My girl and I finished the bottle and wished for more. This was properly cellared the entire time, but even still… extraordinary. (1463 views) | | | Tasted by The Drunken Cyclist on 5/13/2011 & rated 86 points: Popped and poured. More austere than some of the other Rutherfords we have had. No real fruit and some astringency at the back end. Drink these soon. (3683 views) | | | Tasted by Loophole69 on 2/19/2011 & rated 90 points: Slow starter but after decanting for 20 minutes opened up quite nicely. Cork was in excellent shape. (3539 views) | | | Tasted by Mark on 6/15/2004 & rated 89 points: Tasting note from memory. I didn't expect much from the 88 Rutherford, but was reasonably impressed. The wine is drinking well now but I don't expect it to be much better. Spicy and medicinal, I recall the finish was harmonious and medium in length. Not a blockbuster by any means, but I would definitely drink another. (5345 views) |
| Beaulieu Vineyard Producer website | Profile in The Oenofiles | The Wine Cellar InsiderCabernet 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)Rutherford Rutherford,
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