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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 1/29/2023 & rated 94 points: Amazing to drink this piece of Napa valley history and equally amazing to see this wine’s evolution with air. The nose is demure at the outset but with an appealing vein of red fruit and pop of eucalyptus, though dominated on the palate by old oak and loamy notes. With about 20 minutes of air, the fresh attributes of the wine come alive, the volume on the dried red cherry, cranberry, and eucalyptus really emerge and this character lasts well for over an hour, eventually to wane slowly. A treat to see Napa from this era with such great character (actually quite similar to the 65 Krug Vintage Selection) and such individuality - you’d like to think you’d peg it as Napa (rather than Bordeaux) if served blind. (1116 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 1/29/2023 & rated 94 points: Nose: Upon opening mulchy dark soil notes, a bit of bright cherry and cranberry and slight oxidative almond note. After an hour of air this wine really opened up to show a brilliant perfumed nose of dark cherry, garden vegetables (carrot), soil and sweet herbs. Eucalyptus and a nice soy broth note.
Palate: Initially a nice cherry/cranberry note with mulchy soil, but as it got air the freshness became remarkable. Bright red fruited top notes, bits of spice and elegant earthy garden notes and a cool eucalyptus in the back palate.
Finish: Like many old wines this goes the way of old oak, leather and cocoa in the finish. Such a fine experience.
This wine provided a tremendous journey over about 2-hours open, and really saw a significant evolution. When the opportunity to enjoy pre-1960 Napa cabernet comes around there is some worry about condition, storage, etc because very few of these bottles were collected the way 50's Bordeaux was. This was a delight.
A piece of Napa history enjoyed with Englishman's Claret (316 views) |
| Charles Krug Winery (Peter Mondavi Family) Producer websiteCabernet 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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