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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.7 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 24 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ipburbank on 9/30/2022 & rated 75 points: Very good everyday wine (519 views) | | | Tasted by Tcraig88 on 3/4/2022 & rated 88 points: Good and fruity. Better with a decent. Fairly smooth. Low tannins (745 views) | | | Tasted by pikemasterflash on 1/19/2022: Consistently a great QPR (804 views) | | | Tasted by pikemasterflash on 9/4/2021 & rated 91 points: Upside surprise Soft, velvety great QPR on a mispriced lot from Costco (994 views) | | | Tasted by munktun on 1/31/2021 & rated 89 points: 1hr+ decant
n: faint green/pepper
p: smooth for age and good acidity. too much vanilla for me but props for not bombing me. Is my bar too low? (1211 views) | | | Tasted by markmrva on 1/15/2021 & rated 88 points: Smooth. Fine. Like others have said, for the price it is good, but rather unremarkable. (789 views) | | | Tasted by pikemasterflash on 12/5/2020: Perfectly enjoyable but otherwise unremarkable (674 views) | | | Tasted by AlvinSharma on 11/3/2020: Buy again (drink within 1-2 years) (676 views) | | | Tasted by daver852 on 6/26/2020 & rated 87 points: A little disappointed. Thought this was average at best. (858 views) | | | Tasted by Svp50 on 4/26/2020 & rated 97 points: Really like this one (816 views) | | | Tasted by Jamscharer on 4/4/2020 & rated 91 points: Black fruit with spice, long finish. (850 views) | | | Tasted by Woodbridge Brad on 3/9/2020 & rated 88 points: Full bodied and nicely developed, a good everyday Cabernet with ample depth and interest. North Coast blend (942 views) | | | Tasted by pmcoach on 11/19/2019 & rated 80 points: Black cherry and currant, ate with baked penne and a salad and it paired very well. (1326 views) | | | Tasted by Sashimie on 11/3/2019: Vibrant fruit, cherry and blackberry again, basically no bitterness from the soft, understated tannins. Fruitier and more straightforward than the Allomi. Overall enjoyable. (1128 views) | | | Tasted by MK_Maxxable on 10/4/2019 & rated 88 points: Fruity and pleasant. Traditional cab sav and good qpr. (1145 views) | | | Tasted by jjmaye07 on 9/14/2019 & rated 85 points: Paired with a steak & baked potato. Perfect. (1022 views) | | | Tasted by clubs on 8/28/2019 & rated 89 points: Fruity but good quality (1030 views) | | | Tasted by Necowine on 8/13/2019 & rated 86 points: Decent low budget Cali cab. Ripe, getting a little close to too sweet but not quite. Has a bit of bitter veg to offset things. Decent. (684 views) | | | Tasted by wayne47 on 4/18/2019: Good. Would like to get more, depends on price. Needs to decant an hour. (942 views) |
| The Hess Collection 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 North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information)North CoastLodi |
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