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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 43 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by swade on 10/16/2023 & rated 91 points: Dark fruit. I thought this still had some grip and could benefit from some more time. 91 (453 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 9/1/2023 & rated 92 points: Very approachable wine. Drinkable today. Dont wait on this one. Cheers (561 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 8/3/2023 & rated 91 points: Big fruit.. Needs an hour decant at least. Cheers (700 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 6/23/2023 & rated 93 points: An outstanding Rutherford wine. I love Rutherford for its dusty mouthfeel wines and this wine frankly shines as it contrasts that mouthfeel with a fruit forward blackberry and cassis flavor profile at the start. Finish reveals the dusty character and makes this a winner. This is punching way above its weight and for that reason for me it gets a 93 +. (610 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 11/21/2022 & rated 92 points: A really good wine ready for today!!! opens up very nice. I would still decant for a few hours (1054 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 6/19/2022 & rated 91 points: A nice wine. The drink dates, I would say now - 2025. Overall a good well balanced wine (1145 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 4/29/2022 & rated 90 points: This bottle had a little funk to it. They say every 12 bottle's, you can sometimes Get a bad one. This was still drinkable, but I noticed on the cork it was bleed through Half way. Anyways. On to the next one,
Cheers (1171 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 11/22/2021 & rated 93 points: This is a very good wine and an underappreciated vintage. 93+ Points. (1985 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 5/10/2021 & rated 92 points: Really good fruit. opens uo nicely, and is ready to drink today. Cheers (2202 views) | | | Tasted by Ricky C on 4/23/2021 & rated 91 points: Dark fruit and chocolate. Very good wine at an excellent price point.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry and black currant (cassis).
It tastes like blackberry and black currant (cassis). The body is full. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (1667 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 4/12/2021 & rated 93 points: 2017 Scarlett is a good wine· This Cabernet is ageing nicely and should continue to do so. As a pop and pour wine, l notice prominent acidity which should bode well for the aging process. The acidity has backed off with air and is a lot smoother on day 2. Dark fruits, black cherry, blue and blackberry along with ceder aromas. This Scarlett is on a good path. 92+ 93 Points. (2442 views) | | | Tasted by WagesOfZin on 2/9/2021 & rated 94 points: decanted for 2 hours prior to consumption
red raspberry, black cherry, and cassis on the nose and palate. tremendous fruit. this is hedonistic and unapologetically fruit forward. a bit of dust or graphite. very primary. heat is in check.
....and then you swallow....and the acid and tannins wrap your mouth in a velvety dance that slingshots you into the finish. will this gain some complexity with time? i'm not sure, but i'm eager to find out. (2083 views) | | | Tasted by Pike_Fisherman on 2/6/2021 & rated 94 points: The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, blueberry and passion fruit. The body is full. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. (1641 views) | | | Tasted by noni15 on 1/26/2021 & rated 93 points: As my previous notes (1304 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 1/19/2021 & rated 93 points: one of my winner's of 2020/21. This 2017 vintage will not let you down. Great fruit. Opens nicely. I feel like drinking this today is the way to go. Cheers (1435 views) | | | Tasted by noni15 on 12/30/2020 & rated 93 points: Day 1: 92 pts.
Day 2: 93 pts.
Day 1 felt pretty light, not much layering, however, day 2 showed its real colors showing its medium full body with ripen red berries, touches of oak with black berry jam underneath ending with a long finish. No doubt this wine will improve with some cellaring, however, very enjoyable right now with 2-3 hours decanting or overnight opening to allow some O2 do its work on this youngster. Special mention to its beautiful label. (1307 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 11/17/2020 & rated 93 points: This wine is better tonight than the last bottle. 92-93 Points and slightly acidic, but I think this one will improve within a short time. This wine tends to ebb and flow in it’s development. (2171 views) | | | Tasted by RockyII on 11/8/2020 & rated 91 points: 2nd day notes and is noticeably less sweet (which is good). Big dark fruit punch with some maple syrup sweetness but kept in check (moreso next day) with ash and coal notes at the mid palate and finish. Pretty high acidity and medium low tannins. Recommend a long decant. About 91 ✨ btw, $42 price on Vivino is a great price! (1556 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 10/30/2020 & rated 92 points: This vintage tends to vary in my experience. Ironically, I like it better than the 2016 but the wine tends to vary by a point or two from bottle to bottle. Last night, despite giving it air for more than 3 hours, although good, it just didn't really open up entirely. The profile remains the same but this bottle was a bit inhibited, good but just not as expressive as anticipated. (2255 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 10/15/2020 & rated 94 points: this is a top 3 wine for me in 2020. Drank over 2 days. opens up nicely. (1655 views) | | | Tasted by greg@newsomehh.com on 10/10/2020 & rated 93 points: a great wine for the $$ Mike Smith is fabulous (611 views) | | | Tasted by Cuellar's Cellar on 9/18/2020 & rated 94 points: Fuck. This shit is good. !!!! (1864 views) | | | Tasted by Badmonkey on 7/11/2020 & rated 92 points: Get together with friends. Dark red and black fruit - dark cherry, currants, and a little blackberry. Fruit forward and fairly rich/sweet. Really smooth with a nice purity but a lighter profile than expected - medium body. Nice vibrant/rich flavors of dark berries, some spice, and a little graphite component. Decent finish but not overly long nor deep. Popped/poured but drank out of a decanter for a couple hours. Improved a little with time. Drank next to a 2017 Becklyn Napa cab and 2017 Quivet Kenefick Ranch cab which were better - bigger/fuller fruit and more expressive. Nonetheless, the Scarlett is still one of the better 2017 cabs that I’ve had for the money. In my opinion, 92 for the Scarlett (in line with 92 rating from Dunnuck) and 94 for the Becklyn and Quivet Kenefick Ranch cabs. 97% cab and 3% petit verdot. (3375 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 7/2/2020 & rated 94 points: The wine trends on the sweet side, so if that's not preferd or desirable, I wouldn't recommend it.... l really like it. Deep dark crimson color, with a decent nose. On the palate, an explosion of rich, ripe dark fruits, dark cherry, dark red raspberry, sweet currants, and extraction that is progressively maturing. Give it some air, (slow ox) and it will shine. This Cab is opulent, full bodied and is on a good path which I didn't expect for a 2017. Simply put, this wine is delicious! I have enjoyed several bottles of this vintage so l probably won't say much more on it, unless there's greater improvement, time will tell. (2381 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 5/15/2020 & rated 93 points: 93+ 94 Points (2398 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley’s 2017s (1/31/2020)
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(Scarlett Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Rutherford Mcgah Family Vineyards Estate, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 & 2018 Napa Valley In Depth (Jan 2020) (1/1/2020)
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| Scarlett 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)Rutherford Rutherford,
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