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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.2 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by OldHick95 on 12/22/2022 & rated 96 points: Vibrant. Fresh dark plum and black cherry. Long, mouthwatering finish. Perfectly balanced. (869 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Warrior 1 on 10/18/2021: DOA - little late on this one. oh well. (1584 views) | | | Tasted by brianofthevine on 9/16/2018 & rated 94 points: Dang, this is really good right now! Nice creamy texture of red & black cherries and cassis. Great mid-palate notes of dark chocolate, black licorice, graphite, with subtle earth and toasty oak. Soft, smooth tannins round out the lingering long finish to this wine. Has definitely held its edge over the years. (1647 views) | | | Tasted by clutj on 8/7/2018 & rated 92 points: Plenty of time left; tannins well integrated (1621 views) | | | Tasted by tribble on 5/6/2017: Nose is primarily dark fruit (cassis?) and a hint of graphite. Ok the palate it's mostly secondary flavors. More of the graphite. (2541 views) | | | Tasted by brianofthevine on 2/23/2017 & rated 92 points: Nice creamy texture of red/black cherry with dark chocolate, licorice, and earth notes. Still has some good supple tannins to it, nice finish. (2337 views) | | | Tasted by stconner on 2/24/2015 & rated 94 points: This is a great bottle of wine with at last 5 years left. Very dark in color. doesn't have a lot of fragrance on the nose, but personally i don't care as much on what the wine smells like vs what it tastes like. The wine has plenty of fruit and a very good long finish. (2757 views) | | | Tasted by D3S on 1/31/2015 & rated 92 points: great wine. Evolving nicely. Still a few years left (2289 views) | | | Tasted by surfnturf on 12/21/2013 & rated 93 points: Extremely elegant, with approachable entry tannin. This is backed up by a lot of potent raspberry fruit on the midpalate and a nice earthy balancing quality to the finish and overall aromas. Capable of longer term aging but extremely pleasing now. (2761 views) | | | Tasted by MAXIMUM SATISFACTION on 9/26/2013 & rated 91 points: Began buying Erna Schein/Behren Hitchcock’s huge fruit forward Cabernets a few years back. They are still delicious but a little too much for my current preference. Picked this one up at the trailer tasting room on Spring Mountain. Consisting of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a dash of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Smooth black fruit, vanilla, and cherry with mild tannins. Still has some time but owner/winemaker Les Behrens advices to drink all wines within 5 years of vintage.
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http://maxsatisfactionwine.com/post/62377161519 (2610 views) | | | Tasted by NavyVet6874 on 4/25/2013 & rated 92 points: I smelled plums when I first opened the bottle. Poured through Vinturi for filtering and decanted for an hour+; ate with char-grilled NY steaks. The decanting further softened the tannins, and we enjoyed a long finish. Very nice in every way. (2335 views) | | | Tasted by iawcc on 12/4/2012 & rated 89 points: A Bit underwhelming though two hours in the decanter improved it greatly. (1743 views) | | | Tasted by Itriolo on 5/21/2012: Decanted and drunk with a grilled ny strip. Plum and some french oak on the nose; silky texture but nothing particularly interesting in terms or flavor development or complexity. Not worth the $65 tariff... (1954 views) | | | Tasted by Venezia on 3/24/2012 & rated 93 points: Fantastic bottle of wine. Dark fruits with long finish. Tannins have rounded out. (1593 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2009, IWC Issue #144
(Erna Schein Cabernet Sauvignon Herrick-Moulds Vineyard Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Erna Schein 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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