Having a nice quiet Thanksgiving with my wife, preparing for the Friday Thanksgiving with all the kids. Opened up a 2007 Cab from Cedarville and was not disappointed. Aging perfectly, dusty, nice fruit and just that sometimes indescribable aged Cabernet nose! Wish I had another case of this.
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My 3d note on this wine. Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Very deep garnet color. Nice but shy nose of white pepper, plums, black cherries. Dark and rich on the palate, as black-fruit flavors lead along with cherries and a hint of chocolate. Acid balance is still quite firm, solid even. The finish started out fairly tannic on first opening, but smoothed out after an hour. Still showing good grip. This is a well-balanced wine that has evolved quite favorably in recent years. Its firmness at the present moment leads me to think that there is still a fair amount of potential there for future improvement.
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This bottle was off. Definitely the worst of my previous bottles of '07. Put aside the final glass but then forgot about it until too late so, no score given.
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Decanted 90 mins. ahead. Dark ruby color with a bit of orange. Nice nose of plums, coffee, sweet oak. Coffee and chocolate flavors lead on the palate, in a rich package with acid balance heading the toward smoothness that bottle age can provide. Finishes well but briefly with leathery flavors and very low tannins. A nice Cab toward the richer-darker end of the scale, it shows some extraction which bottle age balances.
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Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Deep plum color with no bricking. Nice nose of hard spices, black cherries, iron filings, black pepper. Rich and full-bodied on the palate, as baked black fruits and pine flavors join in. Acid balance is toward accessibility, probably due to bottle age. It's not soft, but rather balanced. Finishes with licorice and rubber notes, light grip and very low tannins. An absolutely drinkable cab with flavors toward the dark end of the spectrum. Rich.
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This wine might just be proof that the vintage was a virtual "can't go wrong", statewide. A solid wine from start to finish with varietally-typical aromatics and flavors that weren't overly complex but abundantly enjoyable. Different from my experience with past vintages, this worked as a pop & pour; not requiring the customary 30-60min. decant/air time. I'd recommend without hesitation though there are more worthy QPR's out there. That said, you'd be hard pressed to find a better Cab from the region than these being made by the husband and wife team at their quiet estate nestled in the Sierra Foothills.
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Mildly corked. I didn't perceive it on night 1,but LC felt something was wrong. Also strong brett odor. On night 2, clearly a flawed bottle, though the underlying fruit was there.
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11/23/2017 - Jeppy Likes this wine: 91 Points
Having a nice quiet Thanksgiving with my wife, preparing for the Friday Thanksgiving with all the kids. Opened up a 2007 Cab from Cedarville and was not disappointed. Aging perfectly, dusty, nice fruit and just that sometimes indescribable aged Cabernet nose! Wish I had another case of this.
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10/28/2014 - VeniceCalif wrote: 91 Points
My 3d note on this wine. Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Very deep garnet color. Nice but shy nose of white pepper, plums, black cherries. Dark and rich on the palate, as black-fruit flavors lead along with cherries and a hint of chocolate. Acid balance is still quite firm, solid even. The finish started out fairly tannic on first opening, but smoothed out after an hour. Still showing good grip. This is a well-balanced wine that has evolved quite favorably in recent years. Its firmness at the present moment leads me to think that there is still a fair amount of potential there for future improvement.
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4/1/2013 - golfwine wrote:
This bottle was off. Definitely the worst of my previous bottles of '07. Put aside the final glass but then forgot about it until too late so, no score given.
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3/25/2013 - VeniceCalif wrote: 88 Points
Decanted 90 mins. ahead. Dark ruby color with a bit of orange. Nice nose of plums, coffee, sweet oak. Coffee and chocolate flavors lead on the palate, in a rich package with acid balance heading the toward smoothness that bottle age can provide. Finishes well but briefly with leathery flavors and very low tannins. A nice Cab toward the richer-darker end of the scale, it shows some extraction which bottle age balances.
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11/25/2012 - blgros wrote: 91 Points
Elegant, smooth, ripe fruit, but good depth.
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11/20/2012 - VeniceCalif wrote: 89 Points
Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Deep plum color with no bricking. Nice nose of hard spices, black cherries, iron filings, black pepper. Rich and full-bodied on the palate, as baked black fruits and pine flavors join in. Acid balance is toward accessibility, probably due to bottle age. It's not soft, but rather balanced. Finishes with licorice and rubber notes, light grip and very low tannins. An absolutely drinkable cab with flavors toward the dark end of the spectrum. Rich.
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12/31/2011 - golfwine wrote: 89 Points
This wine might just be proof that the vintage was a virtual "can't go wrong", statewide. A solid wine from start to finish with varietally-typical aromatics and flavors that weren't overly complex but abundantly enjoyable. Different from my experience with past vintages, this worked as a pop & pour; not requiring the customary 30-60min. decant/air time. I'd recommend without hesitation though there are more worthy QPR's out there. That said, you'd be hard pressed to find a better Cab from the region than these being made by the husband and wife team at their quiet estate nestled in the Sierra Foothills.
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1/3/2011 - Colima74 wrote: flawed
Mildly corked. I didn't perceive it on night 1,but LC felt something was wrong. Also strong brett odor. On night 2, clearly a flawed bottle, though the underlying fruit was there.
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