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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by red freddy on 2/17/2024 & rated 96 points: Received a partial bottle to try from my oenophile neighbor.
15.8% abv
(mentioned he believes this was one of the best wines he had given me to sample)
Had a sip (along with with BBQ Ribs). Dark purplish red on the pour. Semi-opaque in the glass. Nose of dark red fruit, Blackberry, Cherry and Raspberry. Elevated alcohol (15.8% abv) is well-integrated, a little detectable on the nose, not so evident on the palate. Full-bodied, Rich and Siky-smooth for an exquisite mouth-feel. Tannic, but not harsh, leaving a slight fuzziness on the tooth. Hint of smoke and leather.
An Elegant, Refined Wine. (158 views) | | | Tasted by houstonjeff@hotmail.com on 1/5/2023 & rated 96 points: Drinking well right now. Still plenty of fresh fruit but I feel it is peaking. Glad I drank this one now to have it at the peak! (463 views) | | | Tasted by Yack Man on 5/24/2022 & rated 92 points: This wine, although decent, I expected a better experience especially for the price point. The wine was good but not overwhelming, certainly not a wow experience. It started out bad with a crumbling cork bad sign, perhaps? The appearance was good, no bricking or discoloration but It took several hours before it began to reveal anything. Eventually it slowly began to reveal it's makeup. Good, elegant flavors yet inhibited but underperforming A compelling purple crimson color with an modest nose. On the palate elegant extract, dark berry fruits (blue and blackberry) currants but for a wine of this caliber, very lack luster. Good but not great! 92 Points. (1182 views) | | | Tasted by Michigan Mostberg on 5/30/2021 & rated 92 points: 45 minutes in decanter. Super deep, saturated dark purple. Black cherry, vanilla and spicy oak nose. Balanced grip, yet not drying, cocoa and a hint of warm alcohol to finish. (877 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 2/28/2021 & rated 85 points: Red label or Jack's way better than this bottle. Wine just did not come together even on day two. Save your money here, this one is just hype. (1045 views) | | | Tasted by MemorialWineFan on 12/20/2020 flawed bottle: Have drunk a lot of Halls. My friend was with me who has a lot of Halls as well. Our comment was this was basically a red label that costs $60 more. Not impressive. To me it was more manipulated that the red label. Save your money peeps and look elsewhere. (998 views) | | | Tasted by gesusser on 12/19/2020 & rated 94 points: 2 + hour decant after sifting broken cork, excellent smooth medium body. Expensive for what it presents but very nice (822 views) | | | Tasted by GranadaPedroAlarcon on 8/24/2019 & rated 92 points: Nice wine but not worth the price (1500 views) | | | Tasted by Mark V on 9/1/2018 & rated 92 points: One of the better Hall cabs before their mass production days (1636 views) | | | Tasted by Dacronboy1 on 12/26/2017 & rated 96 points: The star of the show. (1893 views) | | | Tasted by Jordan7T on 12/29/2016 & rated 96 points: Drinking extremely well right now. Fruit is starting to subside bringing in nice tones of dark plum. Long finish and smooth tannins (3063 views) | | | Tasted by 82Latour on 10/30/2016: A decade of exzellenz: The first of three wet years, challenging for the winery. Cherry, cran. At times closed down and yet obviously a cool year. Coffee, toffee aromatics, puzzling. I'm taking a pass on the rating. (2914 views) | | | Tasted by CBDHagafen on 11/30/2015 & rated 93 points: Needed a 3 hour decant and still improved from there. Excellent nose, structure, balance and finish! (2820 views) | | | Tasted by BCharlieG on 12/2/2013 & rated 95 points: Decant 4 hours: Sight: Dark, opaque, big extraction, every so slight rim variation but almost none. Big sticky legs, good breaking and slow tears. Visually looks high alcohol and big extraction. Smell: Smells hot, dark rich red cherry fruit, baked strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, stewed cherry (in a positive way). Some vanilla notes but fruit above anything. Lots of hints bubble gum which I get on all the high end bottles from Hall. Incredible complexity on the nose. dark rich berries just jumping out of the glass. Taste: Confirms the combination of red and blackberries. Nice green herbal note from the cab as well as some vanilla and cedar box. Taste is all mocha, chocolate, cocoa powder, clarified butter sweetness, chalky chewiness, loamy. Tannins are strong here, 45 to 50 second plus finish. Beautiful bottle in the big style of Napa Cab... (4252 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)
(Hall Cabernet Sauvignon Exzellenz Sacrashe Vineyard Rutherford) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011)
(Hall Cabernet Sauvignon Exzellenz Sacrashe Vineyard Rutherford) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Hall Producer website
Since first working in her family’s Mendocino vineyards, Kathryn Hall dreamed of a place to showcase fine wines alongside expressive art and masterful architecture. Now, Kathryn and Craig Hall are creating an unrivalled destination
in the Napa Valley—where winemaking excellence meets contemporary design to celebrate life and inspire the senses.In 2005, Craig and Kathryn Hall unveiled a state-of-the-art winery amid the legendary Sacrashe Vineyard in the hills
of Rutherford that is dedicated to making single vineyard and limited-production wines. The Halls acquired the historic Bergfeld winery in St. Helena in 2003, and are merging history and innovation with the completion of California's
First Winery to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Gold Certification.
HALL’s estate vineyards encompass more than five hundred acres of classic Bordeaux varietals; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc.
As winegrowers, the Halls have a strong respect for the environment and a commitment to cutting-edge vineyard technology to yield the highest quality grapes.
Through meticulous attention to detail in the vineyards, HALL wines are able to express the unique and diverse character of Napa Valley’s soils and climate.
A visit to Hall Rutherford Estate Napa Valley =
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2013/04/hall-napa-valley-rutherford-estate.html
Another visit to Hall Rutherford Napa Valley Estate and vineyards -
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2017/08/hall-rutherford-winery-estate.htmlCabernet 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)Rutherford Rutherford,
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