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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 37 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by winopops3 on 11/22/2018 & rated 88 points: This was pleasant enough, black cherry fruit, but not much to contemplate. Relatively short finish. Solid Napa cab, but nothing at all distinctive. (1117 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 10/16/2016 & rated 91 points: Very good juice. (2107 views) | | | Tasted by Rktekt3 on 5/11/2016 & rated 90 points: Its still very nice but clearly hiting middle age. Few years left but better to drink these sooner rather than later. (2604 views) | | | Tasted by BigTex22 on 11/26/2015 & rated 92 points: Better than last time. Two hour decant, red fruit, good mouthfeel, nice finish. Drink now or hold. VERY GOOD. (2659 views) | | | Tasted by King Cab on 2/16/2015 & rated 92 points: Dark. Can't see through this at all. Nose of dark chocolates and kirsch. Palate shows an intensely red/black fruit driven cab with a very luxurious feel. It's pillow-y and plush with so much going on. The tannins are resolving well and overall mouthfeel is medium weight on a heavy weighted-ready bone structure. Notes of cocoa, exotic tea leaf and black cherry pie, this is such a big package for a small price-point. Always one of my favorites and has been so since the 2003 vintage. (3863 views) | | | Tasted by cliffkol on 12/10/2014 & rated 90 points: Napa Valley - Tasted at winery: Aromas of dark fruits, earth. Fairly well balanced but definitely needs a few more years to integrate tannins and acidity. On the palate dark fruits, oak, leather notes. (3280 views) | | | Tasted by mactheknife on 9/22/2014 & rated 91 points: Medium weight and nice mid palate; has some white pepper notes to it. Very drinkable and should continue to improve with age. (2451 views) | | | Tasted by Rktekt3 on 9/7/2014 & rated 93 points: Wonderful bottle. Not many left now.
Hope i score a large allocation for the 2012 (2098 views) | | | Tasted by Tradd on 8/16/2014 & rated 93 points: An amazing wine at an amazing price. Decanted for a little less than an hour. Fruit, fruit, and more fruit in the initial sips. This wine has finesse. The finish is short. Definitely needs a little more time..just a little. Have had two bottles; keeping the others for at least two more years. Have a magnum. Will definitely put a hold on that until 2018. (1894 views) | | | Tasted by Rktekt3 on 7/19/2014 & rated 93 points: Yummy. Down to four bottles. Unfortunatly, jones family did not offer me as many as i wanted for 2011. Only got three. Hoping 2012 allows for a case purchase. (1564 views) | | | Tasted by BigTex22 on 4/23/2014: Decanted. Beautiful floral cab nose, dark ink color. Silky mouthfeel. Intially in the mouth, this is full of fruit. The finish on this was a bit short which I found surprising. I will cellar this a few more years (2016) before opening the next bottle. VERY GOOD. (1408 views) | | | Tasted by King Cab on 3/29/2014 & rated 94 points: What an amazing bottle of wine. Deft and polished with beautiful black and blue fruits packed so densely but never comes across ponderous or clumsy. Pure black cassis, blackberries and pomegranate weave among intricate tannins and perfect balance. The nose shows a creamy texture cola and the color is near black. I just realized that note flowed out in reverse! Serious wine indeed and always one of the best deals in the valley.
Pobega'd and poured as I just got this as a replacement from the winery for a corked bottle.
Just do it. (1690 views) | | | Tasted by Rktekt3 on 3/4/2014 & rated 93 points: Man, i just love this wine. I hate drinking it because i am now down to five bottles but it is so good. Im buying a full case next year. (1485 views) | | | Tasted by Rktekt3 on 12/6/2013 & rated 92 points: Still so young. I have a lot of hope for these. (1607 views) | | | Tasted by King Cab on 12/1/2013 & rated 93 points: 3 hour decant. nose shows a densely packed pure black fruit profile with currants in the lead; it also shows tons of elegance. Palate reveals a lush and focused profile with purity and class. Love the hints of the blackest blackberries, cardamom and violets. The structure is profound and the balance deft. Tannins show nice delineation without a hint, zero, nada, zilch of anything angular. Finish is long an consistent. Always a pleaser. (1770 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 11/7/2013 & rated 92 points: Very good. Get some of this if you can. Love the fact its reasonable price for California. (1541 views) | | | Tasted by tcufletch on 10/12/2013: I can't believe it, but I failed to take formal notes; overall, I was really impressed and pleased; very vibrant nose and palate with smooth, ripe red fruits that mingled with hints of vanilla, cassis, and earth; super smooth tannins but still firm to keep this going for years. Outstanding. (1010 views) | | | Tasted by GoHeels on 7/11/2013 & rated 94 points: Absolutely outstanding QPR. Decanted 3 hours, drank over the next hour. Stunningly smooth and supple with just the right amount of fruit. Definitely more "new world" than "old." Wonderful mouth feel with a solid 30-second finish. (1822 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 5/7/2013 & rated 93 points: Will got the shipment in on Tuesday. We opened one bottle right then and drank it with no decant. Wine was amazing. Big and bold with great fruit. Will get much better with age. (1806 views) | | | Tasted by jaxpaj on 5/6/2013 & rated 94 points: This is my first bottle of The Sisters and maybe it was expectations but this may be better than the estate cab (which I have had several bottles). I will defiantly do a blind of both Jones wines and see. Excellent value and wine! (2022 views) | | | Tasted by Rktekt3 on 5/4/2013 & rated 92 points: I bought 8 sisters, now there are only 7 sisters left. Very nice. Great color and so clean looking. Its a young red and that is apparent on the nose as well as the palate. I will have the other half of the bottle tonight but Im giving this a 92 for what it is right now. I have hopes that in a few years this wine developes. I can see 94 in its future. (1538 views) | | | Tasted by King Cab on 5/3/2013 & rated 93 points: Every year I open this right off the truck This year I missed it by a day.
Dark and purple and oozing youth. Nose of primary red/black fruits with fresh raspberries and strawberries leading the way. As you swirl, you can coax some darker fruits out. Palate shows a very young but pure wine with tons of potential. I can’t recall ever tasting this one on Delivery plus 0/1 days with such a primary streak. This is a serious wine made in a very different direction than all else before her (and I have had every one since 2003). As it sits in my glass it unfurls into a fragrant and giving, plush wine. I can smell it from a foot away now. Finish is long and I am reminded of why I love it so. Even in a small creep up in price this remains an awesome deal and one of the better valley wines in the 60ish range. (1901 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: An Epic Vintage (Dec 2012)
(Jones Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon The Sisters Calistoga) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162
(Jones Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon The Sisters Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011)
(Jones Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon The Sisters Calistoga) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Jones Family 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 SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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