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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 45 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Lazlo Toth on 6/23/2017 & rated 90 points: Pop and pour with continuous swirling. Beautiful, deep opaque plum color. Vanilla, oak and cassis bouquet with a hint of muskiness. Delightful blueberry, cassis and vanilla with the blue fruit leading the way. Full body and medium acidity. Silky smooth tannins fading. This is a simple, luscious wine that is still drinking very well and will be appreciated by those that like a smooth, fruit forward cab from Napa. It would score higher, but has a very short and rounded finish at first approach. Very tasty, but drinks more like a smoothed out red blend than a typical Cab single varietal style. It does gain some gravitas with more air, but not significantly so. (2006 views) | | | Tasted by zinfomaniac on 9/19/2014 & rated 89 points: Still tannic, loosened up at the end of the second day to show itself with blue fruit and casis. (4209 views) | | | Tasted by biggie on 10/13/2012 & rated 90 points: Pop and pour. Clear dark garnet dense core to an almost non-existent rim. Clean but deep and dense nose of dark fruit, earth, vanilla and a touch of oak - still slightly reticent. Very smooth on the palate with medium acidity, alcohol, body and medium plus but very ripe and smooth tannins. Flavours of dark fruit, deft touch of oak, dark chocolate, vanilla and loamy earth. Medium length finish indicating there's much more to come in time. Very, very good quality but still a baby although enjoyable now. Drink now but can cellar and develop for 5-8 years. (7356 views) | | | Tasted by mdp.blue on 7/13/2012 & rated 89 points: Good value for the price. Smooth. Hint of acidity. Certainly not complex but smooth and enjoyable for enjoyable, reliable consumption. (7627 views) | | | Tasted by mdp.blue on 6/16/2012 & rated 90 points: Great value. I enjoyed the classic Napa cab nose and taste. Other favorable postings are spot on. Hard to beat for the price. I'm going to hold my remaining 2008's for a couple of years. (7834 views) | | | Tasted by grayfont on 4/8/2012 & rated 92 points: decanted 45 minutes and served around 65 degrees with beef tenderloin. really quite delicious, screams napa cab on every sip. the fruit notes (not the wine, but the fruit notes) are just a touch on the sweet side, which is an interesting little twist in an otherwise traditional wine - cola, cherry, vanilla. The mouthfeel is superb - ultra smooth with the tannins present but not clobbering you. very well enjoyed. (7038 views) | | | Tasted by Rcapria on 1/21/2012 & rated 92 points: Excellent for the price. Medium legs with cherry choc aroma. Buy again (5483 views) | | | Tasted by ckleiman on 12/7/2011 & rated 90 points: Good but not amazing. Rather simple. Short finish. Nice dark fruit with a slight touch of Carmel. (3921 views) | | | Tasted by youngvintners on 10/10/2011: pop and pour with filet. strong fruit nose and tannins at first. by the end of the meal, the wine mellows. suttle fruit flavors, some chocolate, and pepper. tannins subside some, and compliment the finish. not too complex, but enjoyable and tastey. decant next time. would buy again. (3514 views) | | | Tasted by rms337 on 7/30/2011 & rated 94 points: Excellent.. (4545 views) | | | Tasted by Brettgibson@mac.com on 7/3/2011 & rated 90 points: Always solid. Structure difficult to match for under $ 45 (3656 views) | | | Tasted by dontime on 6/19/2011 & rated 91 points: Dark red in color. Bold nose of chocolate, coffee and dark fruit. Thick in the mouth, flavors of roasted toffee, blackberries and cherry. Very nice. (3663 views) | | | Tasted by Gestalted on 5/11/2011 & rated 92 points: Even better than the 07, the 08 is devine, especially for $35. This polished wine is absolutely loaded with spicy current, vanilla and mocha with this killer cherry cola finish that just lingers. If you want a gratuitous Cabernet at a Tues night price, this is your wine! Also a huge crowd pleaser for group dinners.
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Consumed at at cellar temp: 60°-65° F. Friends don't let friends drink red wine at room temp! (5124 views) | | | Tasted by Mnametz on 4/12/2011 & rated 92 points: Needs to breathe, but terrific bottle of cab. (4973 views) | | | Tasted by isuitaliano on 4/9/2011 & rated 90 points: Surprisingly smooth and soft tanins, very full bodied and creamy. (5133 views) | | | Tasted by jarfour on 4/8/2011 & rated 92 points: Gift from Jack the night before the Masters. (3710 views) | | | Tasted by thewinewhisperer on 3/29/2011: Always a great value, and a nice everyday alternative to the higher priced Darioush products. Not as extracted or concentrated as the expensive stuff, but still offers a classic profile of cassis, dark fruilt, smoke, and earth. 92 points (5121 views) | | | Tasted by Winekrupt on 3/11/2011 & rated 88 points: Blackberry, plum and vanilla in the nose. On the palate this wine showed better structure than many of the others we tasted, with nice tannins and some acidity. The fruit: though the fruit was concentrated and intense it was somehow monodimensional. There could have been more complexity, and more typicity. Not a bad wine though, easy drinking. Good now, will hold. (5126 views) | | | Tasted by JAT on 3/2/2011 & rated 92 points: Excellent wine. This vintage may be better than the 2007. Dark, concentrated fruit with a soft and almost velvety mouthfeel. Nice balance between fruit and oak. Good value at this price point. (5122 views) | | | Tasted by HawkeyeShane on 2/12/2011 & rated 90 points: Very smooth and silky, this wine really surprised me as I had never heard of the vineyard. Excellent with rich red meats. (5070 views) | | | Tasted by yeti575rider on 1/8/2011 & rated 90 points: Boston Wine Festival 2011 Opening night. Quite liked this and now that I see the price point even more so. Easy drinking but with a bit of adding complexity with a nice mocha component. Paired well with the short rib. (3836 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Darioush 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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