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| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2025 (based on 13 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by TMethvin1 on 12/10/2022: Very good (172 views) | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 4/2/2022 & rated 91 points: Last bottle of three. In perfect drinking window, although give it a little air-won't need decanting. Textbook wonderful Napa Cab. Don't see long-term aging on this. I'd drink this year or early next. (220 views) | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 11/9/2021 & rated 91 points: There was bottle variation between my 10/17 note and this note. I think the prior bottle was slightly corrupted.
This was everything you want a Napa Cab to be. Dark, brooding, elegant but not timid. 100% varietally correct and there was a touch of menthol or something similar we attribute to perhaps the grapevines being near eucalyptus trees. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being robust and 1 being thin and tasteless, would give this a 7.5-8, so a bit on the robust side, but not overwhelmingly so. Everything seemed well-balanced, surprisingly drinking well (earlier than we are used to), so pop and enjoy!
As good as this is, do not see long-term aging...the tannins are already receding. (289 views) | | | Tasted by bemeyer on 11/7/2021: Fruit forward, drinking nicely, with slight alcohol finish. Still deciding whether time in the bottle will soften the wine. Drink another in a few months (308 views) | | | Tasted by Z1nnfull on 10/17/2021 & rated 89 points: IGNORE THIS AND SEE 11-09-2021 entry.
I'm a little hesitant with my numerical rating because the pulled cork showed that wine escaped to nearly the top of the cork, but not all the way. So, maybe a little air got in. Still, very good but not enough depth and character to get to 90 or over.
A fruit-forward style of Cab that wass 100% varietally correct and was in exactly the right place for consumption (i.e. ready now).
Not sure I see long-term aging with this given lack of serious tannins.
We have 2 more bottles, and we'll be consuming those soon, so more to come. (285 views) | | | Tasted by PierreBrusso on 7/23/2021 & rated 94 points: Flavor profile is magnificent. Drinking fantastic at this time. Watch for sediment. (227 views) | | | Tasted by Adrianrg22 on 12/29/2020 & rated 95 points: Excellent wine. Lots of texture. Plenty of dark berry and classic Bordeaux wine making happening here. The hint of graphite and earth are a great balancing act for a wine that opens beautifully. (340 views) | | | Tasted by Sakezuki on 11/7/2020 & rated 89 points: Deep purple in color. Violets, cranberries, and vanilla. Rich and powerful. (206 views) | | | Tasted by cablover123 on 1/23/2020 & rated 90 points: Decant for 1+ hours. It is hitting it's stride with a tinge of alcohol at the edge. Dark crimson in color. Bell pepper, forest floor and a touch of smoke on the nose. Dark plums, dark cherries and blackberries on the palate. Nice finish. Paul Hobbs consults the winery. (761 views) |
| 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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