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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.2 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 41 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by agebob on 4/4/2023 & rated 93 points: After 18 years this Cab retains it balance. Initially the alcohol comes at you like a charging bull, but with time to air, the fruit appears and is surprisingly fresh. Blackberry and black currant combine with subtle earthy flavors. It does not appear this wine has many years left to improve, but it does not seem likely to deteriorate quickly either. Best to drink now or in the next couple of years. (467 views) | | | Tasted by D.Callahan on 3/12/2022 & rated 95 points: Took about an hour and a half to open up the nose and palate. Beautiful with structure to last. An outstanding Cab from my favorite vineyard in Napa. (744 views) | | | Tasted by kevinpatrick on 6/10/2021: Wine Night in Charlotte -- Cork Vault Bottle Share Returns! (Charlotte, NC): A decade later but a world away from the Cask 23. Big but elegant, flavorful but balanced this wine had everything a Napa fan would want from the modern California Cabernet. Flavors of cassis and chocolate with an herbaceous tone. Less complex than the Cask 23 and aged Bordeaux but no lower in quality. An enjoyable top-shelf Napa Cab from a world class winemaker. (1100 views) | | | Tasted by pmarlo on 3/9/2021 & rated 89 points: In it's day this was a great bottle of wine. It's day unfortunately has come and gone. Almost all alcohol now, and high too, at 15%, and just a touch of fruit that did emerge more the next day. Threw some sediment but that's okay. I know there is debate if California high octane cabernet made in the early 2000's and beyond had the ability to age like their French counterparts. Based on this one I'd say no or hit and miss. (966 views) | | | Tasted by rwstorer on 9/20/2020 & rated 92 points: - Ruby color with medium forming legs. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Polished texture with a long finish - Popped and let air for 30 minutes. Beautiful red fruits and fully integrated between alcohol, fruit, acid and tanin. A well-made wine enjoyable now. I dont see much point in aging any further. This is good to go now. (1000 views) | | | Tasted by Santaliz on 6/15/2019 & rated 94 points: Wish I had bought more of this amazing grape vintner combination. (1221 views) | | | Tasted by pmarlo on 6/3/2019 & rated 92 points: thought it was muted or faded but just needed time in the glass. Ready now. (962 views) | | | Tasted by Quiet Lion on 8/16/2018 & rated 94 points: Decanted over cocktails and served. This took a couple hours to put on weight and show its stuff. Balanced with notes of caramel, licorice, herbs and white pepper. Long, subtle finish. A very civilized single-vineyard Cabernet. (1272 views) | | | Tasted by Jimaronson on 7/5/2017 & rated 92 points: Had this bottle next to 2005 Leoville Barton. Preferred the California Cab. Chocolate and cassis dominated the wine which was full bodied. I felt the fruit was a little dry which took away from thoroughly enjoying the tasting. I just expected more due to the price point and reputation of both producer and grower. I would not buy another bottle. (1931 views) | | | Tasted by SlimShaney on 11/7/2016 & rated 94 points: Big but delicate with everything you'd expect built on a backbone of vegetable chocolate. After a decade you can now see the brick colour emerging before the rim. The more you swirl it, the more great chocolate tobacco emerges. (2226 views) | | | Tasted by gabird on 3/23/2016 & rated 94 points: FIII at CHR (2342 views) | | | Tasted by tkoby11 on 8/25/2015 & rated 94 points: Never fails to deliver pleasure, red currants and licorice, cedar, and kirsch. (2850 views) | | | Tasted by ptelgenh on 1/3/2015 & rated 92 points: 2/2 bottles. First bottle consumed almost 3 years ago. While the QPR isn't great, this wine has improved with age. Almost 10 years now and I think it's finally peaking. Very expressive nose, with a detectable heat. Medium length and tannins. Ripe read fruit with noticeable oak and a tad of leather. 7 years was too early, 10 years is much more rewarding (2895 views) | | | Tasted by rwstorer on 12/9/2014 & rated 92 points: - Purple color with medium forming legs and aromas of cherry, cedar and vanilla. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of cherry with a medium/full body. (2308 views) | | | Tasted by napasoutherner on 8/14/2014 & rated 93 points: Not the blockbuster I was expecting nor a 95+ RP rated kind of wine but it was good. Slow to open, it took a good hour for the wine to show glimpses of it's potential. By hour 2 is was humming. Not a strong nose but light floral hints. Light graphite, earth flavor. Overall a pleasant wine but not for what I paid for. (2278 views) | | | Tasted by pmarlo on 7/3/2014 & rated 94 points: This was all about the way it reacted and coated the palate. Very complex, so much so that the fruit took a back seat to it. It sort of reminded me, but not in extremes, of Darioush wines. It reacts with the back of the tongue and leaves a potent flavor behind, almost like a byproduct of the wine evaporating or volatizing in ones mouth, sort of like throwing certain liquids on a hot flame and a new aroma arise. Don't get me wrong, I do like it, but this is the closest I can get to describing the effect. I would have liked to drink this over several days to see how it evolved, but the 4th is the fourth (unless it's a fifth!) and it went in one night. Another snapped cork that I salvaged. Believe it or not, there was just a tad left in the bottle since then (I save 'em for the labels) and I'm tasting it right now, almost 2 weeks later. Long finish both upon opening and now. Not certain it deserves the high pro ratings, but a nice well structured cabernet just the same. I might want to drink these sooner that later, even though there seems to be a bit of stuffing here to age; it's the fruit that I don't know about. Recommended. (1949 views) | | | Tasted by Flamengo on 11/2/2012 & rated 90 points: Good wine, altough i expected more. Maybe too young yet. Smells like red berries but too alcoholic. Earth and some minerals. The second glass, drunk after one hour decanting was better, as the tannins had softened up, but Still tight and hard to please!
I would wait 3 or 4 years to open another bottle, if i had. Too expensive for what it is. I definately wouldn't spend money with another bottle. (3282 views) | | | Tasted by iamandyc on 4/22/2012 & rated 92 points: Drinking well but thought it could have been too young. This is a more delicate Hobbs than I'm used to. The fruit is nice but dominated by the structure and doesn't feel harmonious yet. I like the style but it was lacking a bit. Redder fruit peaking though. The nose didn't give as much as I'd like. Spices, some mint and tobacco were there. Didn't wow me for the price. (3113 views) | | | Tasted by KeithSurg on 3/15/2012 & rated 95 points: Nice nose of dark fruit, followed by integrated flavors of chocolate, vanilla, oak and mint. Very elegant, smooth mouthfeel. Soft tannins, more approachable now than the To-Kalon bottling tasted next to it. (3138 views) | | | Tasted by ptelgenh on 2/8/2012 & rated 90 points: This bottle is fine, but way overpriced for how it's drinking 6 years in. I was expecting much more character and layers but sadly, no. Drink up, I don't see improvement with longer cellaring. (3048 views) | | | Tasted by tp096255 on 10/17/2010 & rated 93 points: COLOR: Purplish garnet w/ruby rim
NOTE: Nice red fruit reduction in nose, with cedar, hints of balsamic and a little heat. Mouth is medium+ of raspberry liqueur, pomagranate juice, cherry pipe tobacco, leather. Finish turns more leathery and fruited tobacco than actual fruit, which is not my preference. I don't think this wine is over the hill. I think this is just the way it is, and I totally disagree with Laube on this one. It's way too angular in too many respects. I've had lower-rated Schraders that would blow the boxers off this bottle. I should be seeing freaking angels cry based on the price of this thing! No opulence to be found anywhere, and that's the hallmark of a great wine for me. The end result is a downright decent wine but one of the most awful QPRs in my 10-year history of fine wine consumption.
DECANT: Vinturi + 1 hr
GLASS USED: Bordeaux
TASTE: 9.3
COST: 182
VALUE: 0.5
TRY AGAIN: never, unless it's someone else's bottle!!!
PAIRING: rib eye roast (3965 views) | | | Tasted by Oxenham on 3/22/2010 & rated 94 points: Initially wood driven with highly toasted cedar, herbal and smoke aromas which are somewhat overbearing. After a lengthy decant the wine mellows to reveal ripe wild berry, mineral caramel and graham cracker flavors which are lively and rich. Ultimately well balanced but there is some heat. This displays sharp focus with enormous energy and power. (3627 views) | | | Tasted by EMichels on 2/24/2010 flawed bottle: Corked (3250 views) | | | Tasted by Phin on 10/19/2009 & rated 96 points: Decanted several hours. Wow. Seamless layers and depth. Tannins really fold into the flavors of black cherry, blackberry, plum and earth. I'm not offended by oak typically unless it becomes too much cedar and in this case it's more vanilla. Drinking great in its youth. (3838 views) | | | Tasted by Matt Scott on 9/25/2009 & rated 94 points: Dacanted for two hours. A lot of oak initially. Some dazzling loamy currant with some sage. Very dark and layered. The finish is quite long. This is a great Cabernet and is not too hot at over 15% alcohol. Great balnce of acidity and tannin. This would have been 95 - 98 points, if it wasn't for the oak factor. It seems to be French oak, however, it was a little brash on what could have been one of the best Napa Cabs that I've ever had. Either way, it was still a delight. The oak factor will lessen over time - hopefully. Drink 2010 - 2018. (4039 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Vintage Retrospective: 2005 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (May 2016) (5/1/2016)
(Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Napa) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (5/12/2015)
(Paul Hobbs, Beckstoffer Dr Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon St Helena Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132
(Paul Hobbs Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Paul Hobbs 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 SauvignonBeckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard On weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican 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)St. Helena Appellation Napa Valley
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