2007 Barboursville Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  11/11/2022 - vang Likes this wine: 89 Points

  With over 15 years of bottle age, I served this cab reserve with a steak dinner for a friend who appreciated good wine. Decanted for over an hour, was surprised that it wasn't as dark and full bodied that I expected. Aromas and taste of dark fruits up front, good depth of cedar, tobacco and leather mid pallet, and a medium long finish of integrated tannins. A very good wine, but still not on par with and good Napa or Alexander Valley cab.

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  1/28/2022 - timewithwine Likes this wine:

  Garnet from core to rim. Nose of black cherry, plum, with some saddle leather and vanilla. Much the same on the palate with added notes of graphite and tobo. Finely resolved tannins making for a drink of finesse and elegance; not at all brawny. No real notice of any hint of pine resin. Serious sediment on the shoulder and sides of the bottle with a bit in the final pour as well. 13.5% alc. With cheese (Mountain Top soft blue and Locksley manchago), charcuterie and crusty bread. 01.28.22. Recommended.

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  7/8/2020 - timewithwine wrote:

  This remains unchanged from my comments from a couple of years ago when the wine showed blackberry and pretty black cherry, black olive, and leather. By the time the mid-palate hands off to the finish, flavors of mineral infused chocolate and a touch of menthol remain. Remarkable depth on the attack and mid-palate, but the finish lacks the length you want from a Cab. A satisfying little wine.“ It seemed to sprint out of the box with a sweet bouquet when first opened, but it just doesn’t hit the happy points that the Linden Avenius does which is a blend 79% Petit Verdot with the balance being 21% Cabernet Sauvignon. Despite the power of Petit Verdot this remains an elegant wine with a nose of sandalwood, cinnamon, cassis, leather, and something earthy - almost musky (in a good way), yet still showing some dried cranberry notes. The hit of vanilla on the finish gives a pleasing end note. A very balanced wine. Drink now. Linden: 13.2% alc. B’ville: 13.5% alc. With London broil as Mark Hendrix joins us for dinner to celebrate the life of his mother, Becky. Mark clearly preferred the Linden Avenius. Recommended.

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  3/21/2020 - timewithwine wrote:

  What to do for entertainment while social distancing (staying in and not throwing dinner parties)? Why, find other ways to drink! With these two heavy hitters from Virginia staring me in the face an daring me to pick between them, I picked them both and put them to the test. With three of us in the house, a blind tasting is now possible, so I bagged these suckers, had someone else switch them several times and then had our third wheel label them “A” and “B”.
  The “A” bottle was clearly a deeper color than the “B” with a dark red-leaning-purple core and a maroon rim. The nose expressed something herbal - maybe thyme - as well as a slight touch of greenness and some pine resin. Fruit of plum, blackberry, cedar and caramel some full force to the front of the bouquet. They all come together and work in unison on the palate with fully integrated tannins making for a powdery finish. A very well knit wine.
  The “B” bottle is consistently “red” from the core to the rim. While not as dense as “A”, it nevertheless is a pretty pour. The nose is ripe with cherry and cedar, with some lingering smokiness. Some pine resin is present here, too, but not as much as “A” and neither are showing very much at all. The finish on “B” is more complex with some bitterness, but also mocha and menthol. Definitely a more complex wine than “A”. DDB thinks “A” is an old World Cab. Franc, while PMB thinks it is a California Petit Verdot. DDB thinks “B”: is a French Cab. Sauvignon while PMB thinks it is an Old World Merlot. We all agree that “B” is the better bottle. “B” is the King Family Meritage. The B’ville clocks in at 13.5% alc. while the King Family expresses 14% alc. Interestingly, the King Family was a Governor’s Cup winner consisting of a blend of 56% Merlot, 20 % Petit Verdot, 16% Cab. Franc and 1% Malbec. The Malbec is sourced from a nearby grower and is the only grape not estate grown in this blend. The blend in the B’ville is unknown, but of course, at least 75% Cab. Neither throw much sediment, but the B’ville throws a touch more. With perfectly roasted London broil (beef) while sheltering in from covid-19 and joined by PMB at the end of the first week of her remote working. Both Recommended.

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  9/21/2018 - timewithwine wrote:

  At 11 years old, this isn’t showing much age at all. Blackberry and pretty black cherry, black olive, and leather. By the time the mid-palate hands off to the finish, flavors of mineral infused chocolate and a touch of menthol remain. Remarkable depth on the attack and mid-palate, but the finish lacks the length you want from a Cab. A satisfying little wine. Some sediment thrown, but nothing surprising. 13.5% alc. With green pepper corn and a cambozola, black olives, ham and crusty bread. Recommended.

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