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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jan Schultink on 4/13/2008 & rated 90 points: Second time I tried it. Red fruit/leather nose. Black/purple. Exploding black cherries, currant with a touch of olive. Full bodied, creamy texture. A sweet sensation ("only" 13.8% though). A very long finish of pine/cedar, mocca, chocolate and licorice with tea leaves sneaking in on the end. Somehow a bit heavier than I remember it last time, very good, but creating the after-feeling of "I just ate too much of that delicious chocolate brownie..." At NIS 69 shelf price, excellent value for money. (1248 views) | | | Tasted by Jan Schultink on 2/18/2007 & rated 89 points: 90/10 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot. A slight new-car aroma on the nose, fresh plum/cherry fruit with a bite of cedar wood/pine forest. Espresso, mocca, some asphalt, fresh lively and clean, light sweet tannins leading to a long lingering finish. Not tasted blind, but the "Giovane" name reinforces an impression of Italian wine making influences. A bit more than $15 in Israel and good QPR. (1348 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 Sauvignon |
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