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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 36 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Aztec94 on 12/31/2021 & rated 92 points: Upon opening, smelled of dark fruit and earth.
Decanted 2 hours. Opened up nicely over that time. Dark fruit and cellar room wood on the nose. On the palate, hints of molasses and soy sauce, with red and black fruit, and dark chocolate. (487 views) | | | Tasted by gmmilani on 11/26/2020 & rated 93 points: Very enjoyable Cabernet on Thanksgiving. Drinking well now, but can still sit longer. Cherry and spice. Well balanced. (645 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 1/9/2020 & rated 93 points: Awesome!! Great Cab, no signs of over the hill, Enjoy!! (869 views) | | | Tasted by gmmilani on 11/28/2019 & rated 92 points: Very good Cabernet. Big wine with dark fruit and spice. Was better after sitting in decanter for a couple of hours. More legs for aging. (892 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 8/14/2019 & rated 93 points: Really Good Stuff!! Big, Bold, structured and complex but drinking very nicely out of the bottle and even better a couple of hours later. Is not showing me that it is at the end of it’s window, Enjoy!!! (912 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 8/12/2019 & rated 92 points: Excellent!! Fruit forward with some good complexity and structure. Enjoy! (586 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 7/5/2019 & rated 93 points: A really nice bottle of wine, Big Bold great structure! Enjoy!! (408 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 6/24/2019 & rated 94 points: This is an Outstanding Cab. Big, Bold, Complex with Great Structure!! Very Nice fruit. Not feeling it is at end of life, drinking very well!! (248 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 4/5/2019 & rated 94 points: Excellent wine!!! Big with great complexity and structure. Nice nose and Big finish!! Black fruit and spice, Enjoy! (302 views) | | | Tasted by bpittenger on 10/9/2016 & rated 97 points: This wine is perfect. Great California Cab that is ready to drink. Smooth, black cherries, currant. Perfect balance, right amount of tannins. (2055 views) | | | Tasted by rcmccall on 11/6/2014 & rated 91 points: Really nice aromatics that fill the room. Black and blue fruits, earth. Medium bodied, dark berry, pepper, in the mouth. Finishes with spice/black licorice. Well balanced and nice complexity overall. Had some very nice bottles from Audelssa, recently rebranded as Pangloss Cellars. (3018 views) | | | Tasted by crsprout on 9/3/2014 & rated 87 points: Wasn't that exciting. Much better options at $85/bottle. (3185 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeVinum on 6/1/2014 & rated 92 points: Distinctively Sonoma. Medium extracted, but plush Cabernet. Dark blue and black fruit with teroir and cassis overtones. Very enjoyable. Fandly, though, not a good QPR (3280 views) | | | Tasted by hkanakia on 3/4/2014 & rated 90 points: nice aroma, lighter than most cabs, thouroshly ensued to. (3442 views) | | | Tasted by theodore3 on 9/1/2013 & rated 92 points: Excellent Cab. (2549 views) | | | Tasted by overspeed62 on 7/29/2012 & rated 94 points: Just finished our 5th bottle and glad to have more. This wine never fails to impress. Black berries with some earthy tones. Develops nicely on the palate. Full texture and medium finish. It all comes together to form something that never seems to get past two hours. (3080 views) | | | Tasted by manny651 on 6/16/2012 & rated 93 points: great balance of dry fruit and spice (2460 views) | | | Tasted by irish87 on 12/24/2011 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured with friends at dinner. Served with prime rib and three cheese mac and cheese. Chocolate and more chocolate. Rich round mouthfeel. Long finish. blackberry fruit profile. Very good. (2974 views) | | | Tasted by oeno1820 on 10/6/2011 & rated 90 points: Pronounced dark chocolate taste with notes of baked raspberry and a bit of white pepper on the finish. (2904 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 8/22/2010 & rated 93 points: 2010 Family Winemakers Tasting San Francisco; 8/22/2010-8/23/2010 (Fort Mason Festival Pavillon, San Francisco, California): Rich berry, blackberry, black fruit nose; berry, blackberry, black fruit palate; medium-plus finish (5707 views) | | | Tasted by Thralow on 4/2/2010 & rated 93 points: Tried along side the non-reserve version. This one is less bitter. I guess that could also be phrased as "smoother". (3401 views) | | | Tasted by winegr on 4/1/2010 & rated 91 points: Very nice wine, but this 2006 doesn't seem as good as prior. Nice fruit, balance, and acidity but WAY overpriced for what it is. Not amazing depth or complexity. This is a 91+ point wine for $90? (2572 views) | | | Tasted by Thralow on 12/3/2009 & rated 94 points: Left this one open for 24 hours. Silkier. (2813 views) | | | Tasted by ScottGoodwin on 10/7/2009: Chocolate covered cherries. Full bodied. Darker fruit. Brooding. Some kind of cocoa that I can't put my finger on. (2553 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (8/22/2010)
(Audelssa Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Mountain Terraces) Rich berry, blackberry, black fruit nose; berry, blackberry, black fruit palate; medium-plus finish 93 points |
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| Audelssa Estate Winery 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 SauvignonReserve The Wine News | Wine Country This Week | Wine Lover's PageMountain Terraces Vineyard website.
From Gundlach Bundschu fact sheet for the 2005 vintage: "Mountain Terraces Vineyard is located on the southwestern slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains, 1,800 feet above the Sonoma Valley. Owned and farmed by the Schaefer family, this steep, warm, high elevation site produce Cabernet Sauvignon of unparalleld depeth and intensity."USAAmerican 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma ValleySonoma County, California, is one of the most important winegrowing regions in the whole of the United States. Vines have been planted here since the 1850s and, apart from the inevitable hiatus brought about by Prohibition, the county's relationship with wine has been prolific and unbroken.
Viticulturally speaking, Sonoma County is divided into three distinct sections: Sonoma Valley, Northern Sonoma and Sonoma Coast. Each of these has its own AVA title and encompasses several sub-AVAs within its boundaries. |
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