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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Wild Bones on 11/18/2023 & rated 89 points: Massive oak & broad bodied at first. After 2hr decant showing more floral and soil w/ black fruit, but nothing specific. Lacks acid required to enjoy with fat, but as a stand alone wine the most interesting characteristic is the intensely rich mouthfeel (340 views) | | | Tasted by SnobNouveau on 12/20/2022 & rated 92 points: Big bold mouth punching California cab. Exactly what you expect. Mid length finish. Enjoyed thoroughly. Decant 100 minutes (791 views) | | | Tasted by Tym4wine on 4/10/2022 & rated 92 points: Beautiful floral aromas. Deep, dark, nearly black in the glass. Tannins are perfectly integrated with the acidity melding together a perfect finish. Flavors of blackberry, cassis, and dark stewed cherries. Lovely wine with a wonderful medium+ finish. Round, soft, and memorable. Amazing. (1205 views) | | | Tasted by Jeppy on 3/20/2022 & rated 91 points: Decanted for one hour but should have been more. Started to round out about hour two. Nice rich wine with high levels of tannin and acid still. Wish I had more to check back on in a few years (1101 views) | | | Tasted by Rossdhu House on 8/29/2021 & rated 90 points: Lots of dark fruit, tannins are present but not overpowering. Like many Napa Cans, alcohol is high and it’s getting a bit jammy. (1355 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 2/21/2021 & rated 90 points: Not decanted. Nice color and good grip on the stems after a stiff swirl. Restrained dark fruit and sweet tar on the nose. Really enjoyable black and blueberry flavors on the palate, with hints of cigar and chocolate. However there’s not enough depth, structure or tannins to have those flavors linger very long.
While many parts of daily life in California are overpriced for a variety of reasons, IMHO this wine is overpriced for what it delivers. (1469 views) | | | Tasted by Rossdhu House on 12/25/2020 & rated 90 points: Drinking well now. (1135 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 11/8/2020 & rated 92 points: Carol's bottle for the night, somehow didn't quite make it to dinner....I haven't even cooked the ribeyes yet and it's gone. She says a 93.....it had a nice open nose from what I could tell as I got a few sips and nice ripe '16 fruit all through it, but maybe just wasn't the best pedigree? Which really makes sense for their NV entry. I would have said 92 personally, not many layers here but it's good. Nice for the price so no complaints from anyone here. I think I paid $66 at auction. At $100 it's a bit of a stretch, IMO. (2493 views) | | | Tasted by davidandrose on 9/17/2020 & rated 90 points: Sweet and tasty. 3rd wine of the evening after 90 mins in a decanter. Enjoyable but definitely overpriced by $25-40. There's a plethora of wines that offer greater value than this at $80-90/bottle. Also agree that this isn't for long-term aging. Lacks the depth of a Lewelling, QC, Foley, etc....all with lower price points and generally drinkable upon release with the ability to cellar for years. (1420 views) | | | Tasted by Rossdhu House on 10/28/2019: Jackie likes. (1854 views) | | | Tasted by Wade&Erinn on 10/2/2019: Winemaker Impressions:
Beautiful aromas of fresh blackberry, blueberry pie, vanilla extract, clove, white pepper, rose petal, and cinnamon. The wine has velvety tannins and a round silky texture. On the palate are flavors of black cherry, boysenberry, cocoa powder, graham cracker, anise, and chocolate. (1334 views) | | | Tasted by Shay.Aldriedge on 7/29/2019 & rated 92 points: Big, ripe and rich. ABV is around 15.5, so while that’s high, it didn’t taste that way. Loads of dark red fruit like blackcherry liqueur aromatically with graham cracker. Sweet cherry tobacco, dark chocolate, fig, and baked mixed berry pie on the palate with stiff tannin right at the finish. Nothing finesse about this, just a flavorful Napa Cab that, at times, seems like a powerful Zin. (1623 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 6/15/2019 & rated 92 points: A day in Napa (Napa Valley, California): The nose is classic modern Napa, but dialed in with rich tones of black cherries, black raspberries, toasty notes, cassis, red and black currants, and some mocha. There is excellent depth and balance with it showing fairly open right now. The full bodied feel is rich and dense with medium acidity and chewy, high tannins. The feel is where the youth fully comes through. The tannins are a bit overpowering at this time but a few years to smooth it all out will show off what this really has. (507 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 1/17/2019 & rated 89 points: Flickinger Customer Appreciation Tasting (Casino Club - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Unfamiliar with this wine, I expected this to be on the extreme side of Cali Cab, but found it to be very enjoyable, nicely restrained and certainly well balanced. (2881 views) |
| Cade Producer Website
The CADE Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is sourced from five small growers on Howell Mountain: CADE Estate Vineyards, Ink Grade Vineyards, Outpost Vineyards, True and Eagle Summit Vineyards. Cabernet 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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