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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by KeithJacobsen on 9/9/2014 & rated 96 points: Excellent (3755 views) | | | Tasted by Volunteers76 on 11/21/2013 & rated 91 points: Great example of Diamond Creek. Nice aged cab with a more muted old world style as opposed to the high alcohol, high fruit that is typical of most Napa cabs. (3883 views) | | | Tasted by lebo9968@gmail.com on 9/6/2013 & rated 90 points: Solid new world cab, still has life left in it, but showing some age. Would be a good CA cab at $30, but not at the $150 release price. (3902 views) | | | Tasted by Biglama on 2/11/2013 & rated 92 points: lekkere wijn, soepel en romig, mooie inhoud, fruit is nog aanwezig, mooie napa (4390 views) | | | Tasted by Bcw1989 on 4/1/2012 & rated 91 points: Very nice wine. Sort of made in the old style of Napa Cabernet. Tannins have softened, but still very present. Fruits were muted with more of a leather and cigar box on the nose. Color was garnet in appearance. Wine did not improve over the meal. Did not regress either. If you have it and like fruit flavors-drink now. (4818 views) | | | Tasted by Biglama on 3/22/2012 & rated 91 points: mooi glas, viel erg mee, mooie romige wijn met een prettig mondgevoel (2135 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 12/19/2010: EWG Celebrates Y2K (Conrad Green's Abode): Ripe nose showing stewed tomatoes. Rich and tannic showing like a aged Cab of fruit on the riper side. The weakest showing of the three. (2851 views) | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 1/19/2009 & rated 89 points: Somewhat muted fruit after nine years.
Lots of dark earth black berry aromas.
Leather, leather and more leather. Palate is deep and robust with some nice acidity and alcohol levels.
Finish is kinda short and the wine has certainly lost any energy it had a year or two ago.
Still a very nice effort with some back palate depth. (2310 views) | | | Tasted by chrisraub on 6/5/2008 & rated 90 points: Earthy, dark fruit, concentrated, still tannic. will wait for bottle number 2. Would like to see it open, soften to get more layers of flavor... (2180 views) | | | Tasted by lebo9968@gmail.com on 3/4/2006 & rated 90 points: Much, much better than last bottle or 2. Medium to full body. Dark purple color. Tight. Started showing fruit & flowers after a little while in glass. Can last. Hold onto this for a few years. (2235 views) | | | Tasted by andrewstevenson.com on 11/22/2003 & rated 87 points: Soft clean nose. Good fruit. Lots of tannin. (373 views) |
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Producer's Estate Visit - Tasting
Diamond Creek Open House and 2015 Release Tasting Cabernet 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)Diamond MountainDiamond Mountain AVA: definition |
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