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| Drinking window: Drink between 2018 and 2024 (based on 6 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 21 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by brfarley on 2/7/2024: Very good after 90 minutes (118 views) | | | Tasted by VinCrush on 8/17/2023 & rated 92 points: Still drinking wonderfully. Delicious. (212 views) | | | Tasted by WineJ2019 on 4/26/2021 & rated 92 points: Same as prior note - showing better than I previously remembered, with vibrant fruit flavors. I enjoyed this and ready to go now. (1021 views) | | | Tasted by WineJ2019 on 8/24/2020 & rated 92 points: This has much more life and flavor than I remembered. Color is translucent red, with a fairly muted nose. This shows best on the palate with bright cherry / raspberry. Well balanced and smooth finish. (1174 views) | | | Tasted by redbrix on 4/10/2020 & rated 89 points: Medium light cherry color and clear. Bright nose of cherry, cola and licorice. Light bodied with cola and cherry flavors. More pinot like than a caberernet. (1291 views) | | | Tasted by SSGibson on 10/1/2019 & rated 91 points: notes consistent with last; nice! (1407 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 9/14/2019 & rated 91 points: Smooth but quite uneventful and underwhelming. No intensity and not what I normally get with Howell Mountain. (1364 views) | | | Tasted by SSGibson on 6/23/2019 & rated 91 points: Classic CA Cab. Lots of dark fruit and spice, but with a crisp core. Big, but not over-extracted. This is just a baby and I'm glad I have more. 91-92 (938 views) | | | Tasted by Margaux Bro on 6/9/2019 & rated 94 points: Classic Howell Mountain juice. Just starting to enter its drinking window. Was a steal for $35 (966 views) | | | Tasted by redmancge on 12/17/2018 & rated 91 points: This was considerably better than a year ago. Bottle variation or being sideways certainly improved. Short decant about 45 minutes revealed great dark cherry and black fruit with no sediment. Probably still a bit young but paired very nicely with Prime tenderloin and sauteed mushrooms. (957 views) | | | Tasted by Castle Peak on 8/6/2018 & rated 91 points: Rich red and blue fruit, spiced and lightly oaked. Maybe a bit overripe, but a fun drink. (1034 views) | | | Tasted by kevrob822 on 5/28/2018 & rated 90 points: Very nice, but to be fair, it’s what I expected based on everything I’d heard and knew myself from previous Howell Mountain wines.
Decanted for a bit over 2 hours. A dark color with lots of rich aroma of dark fruit, oak and earth. Taste follows along with a very similar profile. A bit more fruit, including plum, blackberry and even some blueberry. A very nicely balanced, medium wine with a bright acidity. I think this had many years of aging ahead of it. I wish I hadn’t opened it, it was my only bottle.
Paired this with Snake River Farms American Wagyu Ribeye Steaks, Grilled asparagus and au gratin potatoes! Spectacular Pairing and meal! (1159 views) | | | Tasted by JeremyBernton on 1/14/2018 & rated 92 points: Still a bit young but drinking well early. Fruit forward with purity, balance and good acidity. Notes of vanilla and omwood but not overpowering. (1231 views) | | | Tasted by NutmegNative on 7/21/2017 & rated 92 points: A fruit-forward cab, with black cherry, black raspberry, vanilla and oak. Well balanced, with plenty of upside aging potential at this time. (1852 views) | | | Tasted by redmancge on 4/22/2017 & rated 92 points: Just to start with this is my first foray into Howell Mountain single vineyard wine. Really liked the lovely cherry fruit and smooth finish but very much a medium bodied wine that I wasn't expecting. Don't know if that's Howell Mountain or the Hindsight style. Have a few others from there that I picked up on WTSO couple months ago...we'll see how those come out. Anyway that's just my opinion maybe it will change as I another one of these to try. Overall especially the wifey said that's VERY good and that's always a good thing :-)! (1951 views) | | | Tasted by King JR on 3/1/2017 & rated 94 points: Had the 2013 Howell Mountain last night in NAPA. It was really outstanding. Tons of fruit, lots of backbone, but really soft and gentle at the same time. I'd still give it a bit more time and for sure this is a 95+ wine when it peaks. Great value Howell Mountain wine at $75!! (2238 views) | | | Tasted by slippytoad on 9/21/2016 & rated 95 points: So young but drinking so well. Quite light but oozing with flavor. (2344 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 3/16/2016 & rated 93 points: Howell Mountain Spring Wine Trade Tasting. Nose of black cherry, red cherry and bramble, more of the same on the palate, lovely tasting fruit, medium/big body, slightly fruit forward but savory fruit, peaks in about 3 years, slightly short finish. Retail $75 and worth it. (2305 views) |
| Hindsight 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)Howell Mountain Howell Mountain |
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