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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mats13 on 1/1/2022 & rated 93 points: Softer on the 2nd day. A consistent performer in the sub-$100 Napa Cab range. (685 views) | | | Tasted by Dionysusx on 11/5/2021 & rated 95 points: Smooth and creamy. Edges a bit soft yet dark fruits and fresh herbs glide harmoniously over and earthy core. Excellent (742 views) | | | Tasted by SteveKennedy on 6/9/2019 & rated 89 points: Smuggled this one into the movie theatre to enjoy while watching Rocketman but silly me this one definitely needed to open up first and/or decanting. When it did open up it was quite good but a little heavier that expected. (924 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 1/9/2019 & rated 91 points: Better tonight. While soft and elegant this wine did have mid palette flavors of blackberry, some cherry, and mainly cola as the predominant flavor.
I opened the following:
1. Orin Swift Palermo 2015 -88 a powerful & sour fruit bomb
2. ZD Cabernet 2015 -91. An elegant softer old world Cabernet
3. Tor Kenward Melanson 2014 - 96. A modern style & powerful Cabernet (2486 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 1/6/2019 & rated 88 points: Soft and not what I expected. I was expecting modern big and instead I have a wine which is more classic and frankly mediocre. That is at least tonight. I have put this away for another 24 hours. I will report back. (2246 views) | | | Tasted by Alpton on 12/22/2018 & rated 91 points: Smoke, black cherry, plum, bay leaf, old saddle. Round, ripe and balanced. The juicy dark berry attack is followed by a cherry liquor, bitter herbal notes and a peppery finish with hints of oak. (1751 views) | | | Tasted by esw423 on 11/23/2018 & rated 93 points: Al Biernat’s in Dallas paired with prime ribeye. ZD has a pronounced softness and is always great right out of the bottle. My family really enjoyed it. (1962 views) | | | Tasted by ericamcg on 8/19/2018 & rated 92 points: Smooth, dark, depth of flavor. (1918 views) | | | Tasted by mats13 on 5/23/2018 & rated 93 points: Clearly very young, but accessible now in the modern Napa style - tasty, big boned. (855 views) |
| ZD Wines 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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