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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 124 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by viking92067 on 5/16/2023 & rated 94 points: Acquired new from winery. At its prime with years left. Beautiful expression of Howell Mountain fruit. (516 views) | | | Tasted by Gladstone Lake on 3/3/2023 & rated 94 points: IMO this wine is at it’s peak. It’s still drinking really well, and will last for awhile yet. Beautiful color and mouth feel; long finish. (522 views) | | | Tasted by TKS9 on 9/10/2022 & rated 95 points: Drinking extremely well now, nicely balanced but with plenty of structure and at least a few years remaining. I’m not sure how much better this can get, but there’s no rush to drink right away. (982 views) | | | Tasted by grape man on 10/16/2021 & rated 93 points: - Brick color with fast forming legs. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Polished texture with a long finish. (1838 views) | | | Tasted by allenn1999 on 12/25/2020 & rated 92 points: Christmas dinner with prime rib. What could be better? This was my last 2006 o’shaughnessy and while I still love the Howell Mtn experience it was very heavy and so fruit forward, mostly dark fruits and dark chocolate with a little earth. You could tell just by the color it poured out almost black. My palette on that nite was sort of was over-powered and it was just a touch much. Maybe my tastes are changing but it’s still a good wine and well made. (2265 views) | | | Tasted by signotim on 12/5/2020 & rated 94 points: Drinking beautifully now and, for my palate, best to drink remaining bottles in the next couple of years (1916 views) | | | Tasted by mjrwine on 8/2/2020 & rated 97 points: Anniversary wine. This is pure CA Cab royalty. Everything is in the perfect. (2046 views) | | | Tasted by ajfret01 on 7/1/2020 flawed bottle: Corked ☹️ (2115 views) | | | Tasted by Winiac on 5/29/2020 & rated 92 points: Toasty and concentrated. Brambly, dark fruit and spice. Average acid and oak plus. Long length and pleasant finish. (1599 views) | | | Tasted by Painless on 4/12/2020 & rated 95 points: The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, plum and black pepper. It tastes like blackberry, black pepper and plum. The body is full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. (1398 views) | | | Tasted by poh dbo on 1/19/2020 & rated 92 points: Inky red.
Drank with steak and potatoes. Decanted.
Some sediment.
Blackberries with herbal, tobacco nose.
Fruity black berry primary, turning herbal and pepper on the back.
Good acid
simmers for a long finish. (1456 views) | | | Tasted by allenn1999 on 12/4/2019 & rated 93 points: 92-93. nice nose after a short decant. Howell mtn mineral and blueberry fruit. Palette still had some tannin but smooth and steely like I remember for O’shaughnessy. Nice finish and really well balanced and not heavy feeling. (1516 views) | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 7/10/2019: no notes so NR, but remember this being really really good, at least for its style (opulent, but not cloying) (1705 views) | | | Tasted by ledocq on 12/30/2018: No notes. Delicious. (2384 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 12/22/2018 & rated 95 points: I almost grabbed the Mt Veeder instead. Then I almost put both back as I really wasn't sure how this bottle was going to present. Glad I ended up choosing this one. This wine does seem to be showing a little more age than I was expecting. However, the black fruit and hint of Cassis profile is still definitely there. It was softer and more elegant than I thought, yet a little brambly in the middle. For those who want a good example of a wine that is starting to integrate and switch from a younger sweeter Napa cab to one that has a little more secondary characteristics, this is a really perfect example. If tasted alongside the Veeder, this probably would show more distinct integration, although I can't say that. I completely agree with Shay's observation of it turning Savory towards the back because that's exactly what it did. Hell, now I wish I had popped them both! I do believe this wine has another five or ten years left. But has a very nice and balanced profile right now. (2409 views) | | | Tasted by SumCellar on 5/10/2018 & rated 94 points: A truly outstanding cab. Everything I had been saving it for. (2794 views) | | | Tasted by Cabernet4me2 on 1/23/2018 & rated 94 points: In reading over some of the last posts, was a little hesitant to bring to dinner with friends, but this '06 delivered!!
We had some great wines at the table, 06 Hourglass, '12 Outpost Howell Cab, 94 Whitehall Lane Cab, and '15 Sine Qua Non -Entre Chien et Loup (White).
Wines were all opened about the same time, no decanting on any, and drank over 2.5 hours.
Have to say (of the Reds) that '06 O'Shaughnessy Howell Cab was just amazing from start of the night, and retasted at the very end, and still was holding up.
Still had gobs of dark fruits, not necessarily dark black, but just so well integrated, got some dark blue fruit and hint of some darker red fruits on the finish. No formal notes as the small plates kept coming and the wines being passed around, but for me that 2006 O'Shaughnessy was my -Red Wine WOTN, only slightly being beat out by the Sine Qua Non White.
Seeing some of the other notes, did not seem flabby or on its way down at all, color was dark purple in glass, with no visual signs of age, nor was there any hint of 'tiredness' on the palate. On initial tasting was so bold with fruit, it was actually asked if it was a syrah, though not in a bad 'syrupy' way. Definitely could taste those Howell Mtn fruit notes in both the Outpost and the O'sh!!
This wine has plenty of life left (pretty much agree with the 2023 end window date before it would start its decline), though do think its in the drinking window now.. and should be for quite some time - don't think any further bottle age will 'pop' it higher, but might produce some other secondary characteristics, just wish I had more bottles. Great QPR! (3372 views) | | | Tasted by artp on 1/15/2018 & rated 92 points: Drink now. Tannins are so low this wine is very drinkable and smooth. But it still has a really nice high-end fruit finish. Can’t go wrong with 12 year old O’Sh. (2837 views) | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 1/6/2018 & rated 92 points: maybe a 91 for my tastes, this was big mountain fruit for sure, well made with med++ oak and med+ acidity for structural balance, tannins were essentially gone and this had a tiny bit of a slick feel to it, on night two I liked it better as it was just a little less 'in your face' in terms of size (which to be fair I am sensitive to)... nicely made wine and lovely for your average party guest (2414 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 10/1/2017 & rated 93 points: Dark mountain fruit with intense berry, currant and minerality (2845 views) | | | Tasted by EMTAME on 4/7/2017 & rated 92 points: Still excellent, but I think this has lost a step in the last year or two. (2827 views) | | | Tasted by TastesGoodToMe on 12/24/2016 & rated 93 points: My last bottle. Great wine. Drank alongside a 2003 Far Niente and this was far better. (3376 views) | | | Tasted by TastesGoodToMe on 5/28/2016 & rated 93 points: Just delicious and in a great spot right now. Plenty of time though. (3881 views) | | | Tasted by Napacablover on 7/10/2015 & rated 94 points: great bottle! (4671 views) | | | Tasted by Bowmanifesto on 7/4/2015 & rated 96 points: Fourth of July fireworks in a bottle. An American masterpiece featuring Napa Valley Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, showing spectacular characteristics of the varietal and this particular terroir, from the very beginning to fine finish. Happy Independence Day! (4267 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, O’Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Howell Mountain: 2000–2015 (Apr 2018) (4/18/2018)
(O'shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2008, IWC Issue #138
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U.S. DistributorCabernet 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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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