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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by edjBoca on 6/29/2023 & rated 93 points: This is so smooth ...fruit is medium to full. The tannin is very soft...Still this is young and partially hidden by the tannin. Give this 5 years, at least. (1228 views) | | | Tasted by Bob23 on 11/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Still too young, but very drinkable with air. Nice balance and candied red fruit. (1604 views) | | | Tasted by stschutz on 4/22/2022 & rated 95 points: Fantastic wine. Decanted for 15 minutes. Wonderful lift, dark fruit, long finish, long legs, layered, fine tannins, and multi-dimensional. Katie, Tim and I agreed this is a fantastic wine. Celebrating Bona's wedding today in S. Korea. (2221 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 3/9/2022: Return to Napa; 3/6/2022-3/13/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants): This wine was one of the surprises for me. I like Dunn and I like the Napa bottling (sometimes even better because then I don't have to contend with the wax) and I've always thought it was really good wine but this was kindof great. Lovely dark fruits and amazing balance and somehow there's just a classiness to this wine that really jumped out at me. Drinking young for sure but a wine that I'd look forward to following the trajectory. (3128 views) | | | Tasted by jmottern on 3/2/2022 & rated 91 points: Big body (13.9%) deep dark wine. Black cherry and cassis fruit. Classic cabernet finish. (2138 views) | | | Tasted by ColluraJ on 10/7/2021 & rated 94 points: Deep ruby color. Moderate aromas of black cherry, red raspberry and grape stem. Dry with a light body. Fresh acidity. Medium tannins. Flavors of red vines, grape stem and black cherry. (2668 views) | | | Tasted by jmottern on 6/21/2021 & rated 92 points: Deep dark red medium body wine (13.9%). Opened for about 40 minutes. Pleasant nose followed by black cherry and blackberry fruit. Very nice finish. This wine will be even better in 3 or more years. (2408 views) | | | Tasted by ShawnWarmstein on 4/16/2021 & rated 92 points: Old world, lighter fruit, bright acidity (2308 views) | | | Tasted by jmottern on 3/6/2021 & rated 93 points: Deep dark red big wine ((13.9%). Good nose followed by a surprising amount of big and full blackberry, currant and blueberry fruit. Very pleasing finish. This wine will cellar for many years. This wine is going to be a stunner in 5 or 6 years. (2263 views) | | | Tasted by wineotim on 1/25/2021 & rated 92 points: These recent vintages have changed to a more open, ripe, round, and ready to go style. Smooth and silky. New world Napa style now, gone is the old world Bordeaux style of wine making here. (3077 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 12/19/2020: Usual Dunn tannins, oak-derived cedar and cigar, shy fruit. Drink starting 2030. (2076 views) | | | Tasted by SpŕtKristine on 11/9/2020 & rated 91 points: Some say you should never have Dunn this young. (At least decanted for 4 hours) After my first I am at least very intrigued how it will evolve. Primary fruit is red berry, Black cherry, herbal like basil,some light woodyness. Cool climate nose. Very vell integrated tannins already. Aromaes continue as wine fills mouth. It strikes me how pure elegance this is. More points if it matures some complexity. Nexth one next decade (2094 views) | | | Tasted by pepmi on 8/21/2020 & rated 89 points: Out of the bottle, a vibrant, deep purple flowing into the decanter, conjuring images of size and power. But looks can be deceiving. The nose was muted. In the mouth, the best way to describe this Dunn is by its narrowness. Not quite thin but lacking the complexity one would hope for in a Dunn Cabernet.
Over the years, I have been amazed by the longevity of Dunn wines, often drinking the Napa and Howell Mountain versions twenty years on. The 2016 though doesn't hold much promise for the future based on this tasting. (2350 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Dunn Vineyards 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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