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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2023 (based on 26 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Goatkeeper on 12/21/2021 & rated 93 points: Wow I wish I would have saved my bottles for now as this is my last one. The label says St. Helena but my mouth screams Oakville. Really like this now. Probably drank my other bottles too soon. I need to make another trip to Napa and make a large investment in wines that taste like this before I’m too old to enjoy them at their 9th or 10 birthday. (1066 views) | | | Tasted by RPerro on 2/28/2019 & rated 92 points: Really nice 7 year old Napa Cab. Cassis fruit, sweet vanilla oak, baking spices, touches of pipe tobacco. Drink now - 2022+. (1752 views) | | | Tasted by KC Lawyer on 9/15/2018 & rated 92 points: Upon opening, a high alcohol gust made us worried that it was too young and tight. 30 minutes of breathing and it was gone. Lots of fruit but not at all jammy to the taste. Nose remained slightly suggestive of cassis, but to the taste not at all. We enjoyed it with tenderloin beef kabobs on the grill at home, and the wine with the beef was divine. And, didn't overpower the veggies. My guess is this is going to keep getting better for some time. We have 6 more bottles and will space them by a year or so each. (1919 views) | | | Tasted by RPerro on 3/6/2018 & rated 90 points: P&P. Solid Napa Cab. Flavors of blueberry fruit, earth and vanilla. No alcohol apparent, but definite barrel notes. Enjoyable, especially on day 2. Drink now - 2022. (1908 views) | | | Tasted by Jab_343434 on 12/6/2016 & rated 90 points: Great Foley Cab, drinking well now with a decant. Definitely opened up more over a few hours. Glad I have 2 more bottles! (3056 views) | | | Tasted by jerbearjb on 8/2/2016 & rated 90 points: A bit of bottle variation compared to the last bottle. More tannic and structured, less plush and fruity, but still delicious. (2305 views) | | | Tasted by RPerro on 6/10/2016 & rated 91 points: Good stuff on the pop. Cassis, plum, oak and spice. Drink now with air, through 2022. (1814 views) | | | Tasted by jerbearjb on 2/13/2016 & rated 92 points: Pleasantly surprised. Fruit forward and balanced. Very smooth and had you coming back for another sip. (1856 views) | | | Tasted by Fdcrna on 12/23/2015: . we DID find it, and it is LUSH. Screaming the forward-ness of the 2012 vintage. Very much in the succulent, thick, toasty style Bob is known for, it is exploding with Asian spices, blueberry pie, mocha, toasted coconut, and sweet French oak. (2050 views) |
| 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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