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| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2026 (based on 14 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by amflinn on 4/28/2024 & rated 89 points: Excellent upon opening. Classic Atlas Valley Cabernet fruit. I would not decant, as the second half of the bottle after the 2.5 hour mark started to quickly decline and fall apart. I will drink my remaining bottles soon. (222 views) | | | Tasted by Raro on 3/31/2024 & rated 92 points: Drinking beautiful right now, great value. Super rich in sweet fruits and a hint of tobacco on the nose, well balanced on the palate, with an almost sweet finish, enjoyed it with a homemade charcuterie board with plenty of richer cheeses and meats and it paired very well. Wish I had more of this! (408 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 3/1/2024 & rated 95 points: Notes absolutely consistent with previous. Wonderful wine at great QPR! (533 views) | | | Tasted by EvanRose on 2/17/2024 & rated 91 points: Big and tannic with black fruit, lots of acid but rich and full bodied. Stood up perfectly to a grilled ny strip steak. Typical California cab (593 views) | | | Tasted by Castle Peak on 1/12/2024 & rated 93 points: This is a very nice wine and drinking beautifully. Drank over a couple hours. Every sip was interesting and fun with complex layers of flavors and textures. Remarkable QPR. (922 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 1/4/2024 & rated 95 points: This is a second day score as the wine opened and developed into a brooding superstar. Incredible PTQ value at $25. Suggest holding these bottles for a few years, but try one now for comparison. (970 views) | | | Tasted by MaxRad on 11/11/2023 & rated 90 points: Better without decant. Solid cali cab. (1439 views) | | | Tasted by Brianknance on 10/15/2023 & rated 94 points: Didn’t know what to expect from a nine-year-old small-batch California Cab bought for a song from Last Bottle. Pleasantly surprised to find a richly dark purple wine, with solid tannins and notable acidity. Descanted for 30 minutes, then drank slowly with a sausage dog from a street fair (another story). This wine is impressive from the very beginning, and throws rich cherry, a touch of anise, and a strong dose of eucalyptus at you. The anise and eucalyptus stick around for a long and satisfyingly finish. Maybe the nine years of age help a lot here, but for the money this cab is hard to beat. As it mellows with time, it seems less like an in-your-face Cali cab and more like a fragrantly charming Bordeaux blend. (1533 views) | | | Tasted by EvanRose on 9/22/2023 & rated 90 points: Classic cali cab. Solid tannic structure, good acid and lots of dark red and black fruit. (1578 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 SauvignonReserve The Wine News | Wine Country This Week | Wine Lover's PageUSAAmerican 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)Atlas Peak Atlas Peak Appellation Association |
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