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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.2 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Livermore Dan on 7/20/2019 & rated 88 points: I think this wine is a little past it’s prime. Drink now. Let it open up first. Decant. (662 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 9/19/2015 & rated 90 points: ARF Wine & Whiskers with Tony La Russa. Nose of cassis, plum, blackberry fruit, more of the same on the palate, delicious tasting with the deli meat sandwich, medium/big body, second best wine tasted tonight, sampled three times, food complexity, long, flavorful finish. (1662 views) | | | Tasted by jsums on 6/10/2015 & rated 92 points: Ruby color. Nose: dried red & black cherry, redcurrant, black raspberry, and blueberry with accents of tobacco, cedar, mocha, licorice root, Sichuan peppercorn, mulling & baking spices, toasted black fig, red rose, and leather. Medium/full body on the palate: dried red & black cherry, black raspberry, blackcurrant, and blueberry framed by tobacco, licorice root, cedar, Sichuan peppercorn, mulling spices, toasted black fig, black olive, and graphite. Medium+ acidity. Moderate/firm tannins. Lingering berry skin, licorice root, mulling spices, toasted black fig, and graphite on the long finish. A structured, elegant, expressive Cabernet true to its region and vintage. Pair with Beef Wellington, prime rib, lamb chops, pork stew, or bleu cheeses. Cellar for 1-2 years and drink over the following 3-6 years. (2022 views) | | | Tasted by affordableCollector on 8/23/2014 & rated 89 points: ruby red, in color. earth, blackberry, cedar, chocolate, on the nose. blackberry, cherry, earth, cedar, vanilla, spice, oak, on the palate. medium acid, medium tannins, on the finish. (1993 views) |
| Steven Kent Winery 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 |
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