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| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2017 (based on 41 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by maxima on 6/1/2020 & rated 82 points: Beaucoup de dépot le long de la bouteille et dans le fond,
celle-ci avait été mise debout 2 jours avant le souper.
Servi avec du faisan aux morilles sauce café de Paris.
Le faisan a éclipsé le vin qui a un peu dépassé son prime.
Un gout de terre et de cerise avec plus aucun tanin et
une finale très courte.
Tout de même mieux que la précédente. (1237 views) | | | Tasted by pot20 on 3/24/2015 & rated 85 points: Un vin décevant, maquillé, hors de prix et qui vieilli mal. (2162 views) | | | Tasted by pot20 on 3/11/2015 & rated 85 points: Rien pour m'impressionner. Un peu simple et tout d'un bloc. Semble mal vieillir ici aussi. (2100 views) | | | Tasted by BCharlieG on 5/19/2014 & rated 92 points: Not much more to say than previous notes. worked down a 1/2 case of this and this was the last bottle. Lots of sweet cherry on this one specifically but beautiful wine. Great for the vintage. (2477 views) | | | Tasted by BCharlieG on 4/28/2014 & rated 92 points: See prior tasting notes - perfectly consistent. Still hanging well and beautiful display of old world cab - lots of menthol, mint, rosemary, pyrazine, brett and bay leaf herbs here. Worked wonderfully with a NY Strip steak (2453 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 8/18/2013 & rated 80 points: Ici aussi on a eu l`impression que ça vieilli mal, la qualité tant annoncée a semble t`il disparue.
Encore de la réduction ici et un peu de brett, c`est de mauvais présage.
En bouche fruits confits, tabac et vieux cuir, les tannins inexistants et la finale n`est plus.
Cette bouteille a décue malheureusement semble être un tendance en vieillisant. (1479 views) | | | Tasted by BCharlieG on 6/18/2013 & rated 93 points: This is consistent with my prior notes on this wine from 5/6/13 – a really beautiful display of new world style from old world terroir. Some rim variation from age. Nose: Baked raspberry, cherry, melted milk chocolate, tobacco. Palate: Open initially with bubble gum sweetness and quickly evolves into baked red fruit (raspberry, cherry), dusty leather, cedar, wood box. Style - fruit forward dirty compote driven red fruit with a nice mushroom, leather, tobacco, woody, cool herbal back note. Strong and lasting tannins but not overpowering. Excellent balance. Paired w/ pasta/sausage/tomato sauce and sauted rabe dinner. Love this bottle, didn't decant but throwing a good deal of sentiment - will next time. Think this wine really benifits from drinking about 5 degrees under room temp. (1392 views) | | | Tasted by BCharlieG on 5/6/2013 & rated 92 points: This is a wonderful bottle of wine. Popped and poured and initially tasted: Color was garnet with a touch of rim variation. Nice age on the bottle. Nose was tight but opened quickly. Initial palate right out of the bottle was cooked apricot compote, cooked peach compote, mushroom, earthy, ginger, white pepper, cooked raspberry, leather. About an hour in, opens to a real dark raspberry, cooked cherry, leather, old word cedar box, eucalyptus, dark chocolate. Structure was really excellent – tannins lasting (45+) finish on this wine. This wine will age beautifully in my opinion. Great pop and pour and really excellent 4 hours later. I’d probably drink this on the earlier side of open vs full decant – can get just a tough over-extracted with too much air. Glad to have more of these. Paired with skirt steak, cut right through. (1038 views) | | | Tasted by PPM on 5/6/2012 & rated 92 points: - Flavours of mushroom, dusty and chocolate. (1621 views) | | | Tasted by canan on 7/23/2010 & rated 90 points: No real notes taken.
The wine presented itself very well and is very drinkable. Decent body and medium aftertaste.
A good wine at the price but nothing spectacular.
Well restrained and certainly not overdone in any way. Good performance. (2444 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Marion 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 SauvignonItaly Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorVeneto Credit to WineCountry.it for this article
History and Tradition
The first human settlements of the lagoon and the surrounding areas maintained a simple social structure until the arrival of the Romans in the second century B.C. who divided the land into parcels of about 4,800 square meters and distributed those tracts among the locals to be cultivated.
The Romans founded the cities of Verona, Vicenza, and Padova, and named what was then the 10th imperial region, Venetia. Both the Veneto region and the province of Venice (Venezia in Italian) derive their names from the original Latin name of the area. The precursor of the city of Venice that we know today was founded during the Middle Ages when the locals escaped the barbaric invasions that followed the decline of the Roman Empire by taking refuge in coastal areas, islands, and the lagoon’s marshland.
The Venetian trade routes that connected Europe with Asia brought great wealth and general prosperity to the region. In many provinces, especially around Treviso, mulberry cultivation and the breeding of silkworms imported from China brought more affluence and prestige to local residents. With money pouring in from all quarters, Venice began its great building projects, chief among them creating the lagoon and canal infrastructure and systems still enjoyed and used today.
Between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th centuries following the opening of the Suez Canal, Venice once again became an important port city. Foreign investment financed the creation of the industrial infrastructure of Porto Marghera and freed the port of Venice from the burden of commercial navigation. Improved communications technology has allowed the rest of Italy and the world beyond closer ties to Venice, and has contributed to making Venice into an incomparable tourist destination.
The long period of power and splendor that blessed Venice encouraged the highest quality creations by local artisans. The ongoing request for jewelry, precious fabrics, lace, glass, wood and ceramic products by the noble Venetians shaped the development of typical stores along the narrow calli (streets) of Venice as well as factories both inland and on the lagoon islands. Up to today, popular tourist destinations are the Murano and Burano islands, famed for their glasswork and needlepoint products.
The Wines
Veneto is among the foremost wine-producing regions, both for quality and quantity. The region counts over 20 DOC zones and a variety of sub-categories, many of its wines, both dry and Spumanti, are internationally known and appreciated.
The three most well known DOCs are Bardolino, from the town with the same name and surrounding the shores of Garda Lake, Valpolicella, and Soave. Other noteworthy wines produced here are the white Bianco di Custoza, the excellent sparkling Prosecco, the Breganze, and the Amarone (a rich and powerful red from the Verona province). If you travel to the Treviso area, look for the little-known Clinton, a wine that is banned from distribution because it does not conform to the DOC standards, but is produced in limited quantities for local consumption.
The importance of winemaking in this region is underscored by the creation in 1885 of the very first Italian school for vine growing and oenology. In addition, Veneto was the first region to constitute the first strada del vino or "wine road". This first wine-touring road featured special road signs providing information on vines and the wines they were made into and joined the Valdobbiadene and Conegliano DOC zones crossing a series of hilly vineyards.
The most appreciated wines in the region come from the provinces of Treviso, Verona, Padova, Venice, and Vicenza. The area around Verona, with its temperate climate and hilly surrounding, is believed to have cultivated grapes since the Bronze Age. |
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