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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.7 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mneumeier on 1/21/2023 & rated 85 points: Drank as expected. Still holding up. Fun to drink. (277 views) | | | Tasted by ESTEELE90 on 7/29/2018: At tasting. Brief note. Nose and palate show a fair amount of stink upon opening that calms down but never goes away adding a feral quality to the wine that is more intrigue than distraction. Soft perfumed red fruits and vanilla and cinnamon sit atop a bed of serious earthy soil. Tannins are still quite drying. You've got to love the way they used to make Cali cabs. This had the finesse that you rarely find in modern CA wines. Very nice. (802 views) | | | Tasted by Mneumeier on 12/25/2016 & rated 87 points: For a 46-year-old bottle this wine was still drinkable. Did develop slightly over about an hour. Absolutely no tannins, a touch of water. But still tasted like a California Cab. Impressed it heals together. (1171 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 12/11/2006 & rated 91 points: Souverain Cabernet Sauvignons blindtasted (1970-1993) (Rich and Peggy's Home in Los Altos, CA): Group's #8 (my #6) – 61 pts; 1, 1, 0, 5 – stewed plum, barnyard, cherry and a little tar on nose (barnyard blows off over time, yielding to a touch of rhubarb); tart plum, red fruit, leather and iodine palate; medium dried cherry finish (1755 views) | | | Tasted by mrabinowitz on 2/16/2006: This was actually pretty good. I was very nervous when it was opened. It didn't look too good. Signs of seepage and the cork was rather moist. Poured it into a glass without decanting. Brownish tinge but not too bad, sort of hazy - not clear. Nose was very nice of soft fruits and it tasted very round and soft. It is so interesting to see that it was 12% alc. and drinking beautifully. Definitely worth the $25 I spent to get it from WineBid. (3950 views) |
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RJonWine.com (12/11/2006)
(Souverain Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley) Group's #8 (my #6) – 61 pts; 1, 1, 0, 5 – stewed plum, barnyard, cherry and a little tar on nose (barnyard blows off over time, yielding to a touch of rhubarb); tart plum, red fruit, leather and iodine palate; medium dried cherry finish 91 points |
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| Souverain Producer website
As described on the history page, this winery has variously been referred to as Souverain, Souverain of Rutherford and Chateau Souverain. They are ALL the same winery making the same wines, so on CellarTracker we have standardized on just Souverain.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 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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