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| Drinking window: Drink between 2004 and 2009 (based on 44 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 2 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Drinking Trees on 7/6/2014 & rated 91 points: Lots of sediment. Nose is rich, spicy, smoky, and peppery, with notes of black cherry, violet, anise, balsamic vinegar, jalapeno, and freshly ground black pepper.
The palate is light-bodied, but full of sweet, sticky fruit: blackberry, black cherry, fennel, garlic, and a touch of raspberry. There is a hint of balsamic vinegar, and the structure seems to be gently unravelling; it's likely about to fall off a cliff, but right now it's fresh, vibrant, and very drinkable. Considering the price and age of this wine, I didn't have high hopes, but I was pleasantly surprised. (1468 views) | | | Tasted by JerM on 8/4/2012 & rated 90 points: (Justina's new Kitchen) Dark garnet, ample sediments. Sweet nose of fresh tobacco and cigar box, mulberries and some stewed berries, showing mint and winter spices (cinammon, allspice, nutmeg). On the palate, bright acidity is most pronounced, giving way to loamy earth, yet more stewed berries, sweet tobacco and wood smoke. Savory chilli chocolate, musky cupboards, hint of camphor, fresh asphalt, and yet more faded fruits. Certainly a powerful wine, this has cellared well showing some structure and complexity developing with some time in the glass, with poised fine tannins, but ending short on a somewhat vacant, empty finish. I would say the nose was much more eloquent than its taste, and the finish seems interrupted, although one doesn't notice as much with food. (2366 views) |
| 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.
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