2016 Susana Balbo Cabernet Sauvignon Signature

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  4/26/2023 - BuckeyeBenS Does not like this wine: 84 Points

  Ultra dark purple. Muted cherry nose that carried to the mouth, but unfortunately was tart and a bit syrupy even though it was still chilly from the cellar. Meh.

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  12/18/2020 - Glenn Gilbert Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I'm going to follow Ben Christiansen and review the same wine and vintage at closer intervals in hopes of getting a more 3D perspective on the wine. In my tasting notes of 12/7/2020 I didn't mention the wine's body, here it is medium+. I may have gone a little overboard in giving it a '93' with a bewitching complexity; the present bottle may be a little less complex than I described the one tasted on 12/7/2020, but it is still over 90. To the suggested meat pairings I would add cheeses, both soft and hard, as hors-de-oeuvres and as desserts.

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  12/7/2020 - Glenn Gilbert Likes this wine: 93 Points

  13.9% alcohol; Imported by Folio Fine Wine Partners, The Michael Mondavi Family, Napa, California; 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, the vintner's signature label grown in high elevation vineyards over 1160 meters in the Finca Brio, Los Árboles, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina; with that pedigree you would expect an outstanding red, and this wine delivers; real cork with less than 1 mm wine penetration, medium-weight foil; opened, vinturied and tasted right afterwards at room temperature (24 degrees C); medium legs, dark purple; nose of stone fruit, citrus, forest floor, trace of roasted marshmallows; full bodied, nice balance of tannins, sourness and sweetness; it could be that the Cabernet Franc slightly attenuates the stronger characteristics of the Cabernet Sauvignon creating an unexpected layered complexity; notes of stone fruit (plums, prunes, cherries). detected especially on the sides and back of the tongue; medium to long finish; pair with beef, pork, lamb, slow cooked on a gas grill under lower heat; serve this to your dear friends and guests who you would especially like to see again

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  11/24/2020 - Acostaca wrote: 88 Points

  Nothing special on the nose but okay on the palate. Lighter than the California cabs.

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  4/12/2019 - Newtonsucupira Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Ruby profundo com aromas de intensidade media+ lembrando frutas pretas como ameixas, um pouco de pimentao e pimenta preta. Jovem
  Seco, acidez e tanino med+ alcool alto corpo med+ com final medio.
  Bom vinho beber agora ou guardar por alguns anos apenas.

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