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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.1 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Neecies on 2/18/2024: Bill's. Dark, rich color, nose and palate with sweet California fruit, a little cedar and mint. Showed beautifully and was perhaps my favorite among several old California cabs. (114 views) | | | Tasted by GraffCellar on 4/3/2021 & rated 91 points: Surprisingly vibrant
Tasted alongside Phelps Insignia
Won the night
Ample fruit
Lingering acidity
Drink now but can still enjoy (794 views) | | | Tasted by Elpaninaro on 4/3/2021: fine deep color with bricking at the rim, on the nose a calming and hearty aged cassis with bell pepper notes, on the palate a fully mature classic California Cabernet profile- red fruits, flowing and substantial with a sunny sense, amiable and familiar- a wine to sip over a hearty meal or in front of a fire on a cold evening, a good dose of spicy oak still evident- but in its proper pace and never raw or excessive, this is at and perhaps passing peak- but still faring better than many of its more famous relatives from this great vintage that is largely fading in many cases.
****, drink soon. Now to 2025. (1049 views) | | | Tasted by ecola on 9/20/2012 & rated 89 points: A little browning around the edges, but shows dark red throughout. Red berry aromas with espresso and shaved cocoa. Medium body with bright red fruit and surprising acidity, very lively. Dry finish with mild tannins. Drinking way better than I expected. Pretty cool. (4614 views) | | | Tasted by andtheodor on 11/13/2011 & rated 83 points: Seepers, Leakers, and Geezers: Dark fruit, soapy, linear. Still quite alive, but seems to have shed everything of interest. (5408 views) | | | Tasted by bwillia on 11/9/2011 & rated 86 points: Very dark in color but faded and monolithic now (4855 views) | | | Tasted by 12marshall on 9/22/2010 & rated 71 points: Past it's prime. Brownish color and fruit gone. (4542 views) | | | Tasted by davergny on 11/21/2009 & rated 88 points: Nice wine, a bit simple but holding up well. Dried cherries, earthy, some tannins creeping in on the back end, pleasant finish. (4575 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 8/2/2002 & rated 99 points: Red Carpet: Med. amber/purple; mellow cassis, licorice & mustiness; classic CS hi quality-soft; beautiful mouth, hints of cognac, slightly sweetish wood mouth; nice t’s, good bal. (1096 views) |
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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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