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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2032 (based on 6 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 16 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jac-aranda on 12/27/2023 & rated 93 points: Deep carmine red, fading to mature garnet. What a nose! Expressive fruit, blackcurrants and prunes; backed with cedarwood, camphor and orange-flower-water. The first sip is cassis and coffee, then an acre of raspberries and red fruit. The wood comes next, sweet vanilla and disciplined oak from 24 months in French oak barrels; and the long finish dissolves into spice and coffee.
Exquisitely balanced; ripe fruit kept in check by the oak and tannins - softening after nine years, but still providing a framing structure for this beautifully composed wine. (284 views) | | | Tasted by LingonTuvan on 9/7/2022 & rated 93 points: Very good. Balanced. Spicy. In the window. (903 views) | | | Tasted by Millennial Drinkers on 5/30/2021 & rated 93 points: Deep ruby red in appearance. Layered nose with leather, dark berries, baking spices and a little greenery. Medium plus tannins (6.5/10) and a medium plus to full bodied. Lush palate with balanced acidity, dark currants, cherries, herbs and earth. Long finish. Drink till 2028. (1895 views) | | | Tasted by bowesmana on 4/17/2021 & rated 93 points: Inky, flavours of cream soda and vanilla. Delicious (1608 views) | | | Tasted by E94flu on 4/11/2020 & rated 93 points: Leather, graphite that comes together really nicely ina long smooth finish (2409 views) | | | Tasted by Somm David T on 4/25/2019 & rated 93 points: The nose shows; black currants, blackberries, black raspberries, dark plum, raspberries, strawberries, expresso roast, dark rich soils, crushed granitic soils, vanilla, clove, nutmeg, leather, a touch of smoke, sweet tarriness and bright red & dark florals.
The body is medium full. The tannins are cocoa, dry, tarry, meaty & sticky. The fruits brightly fresh juicy and bright. Black currants, blackberries, black raspberries, dark plum, raspberries, strawberries, expresso roast, dark rich soils, crushed granitic soils, vanilla, clove, nutmeg, leather, a touch of smoke, sweet tarriness and bright red & dark florals. The acidy is beautiful and the finish is delicious and well balanced. Nice Cabernet.
Tasted at Kanonkop. (2844 views) |
| Kanonkop Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)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 SauvignonSouth Africa Wines of South AfricaStellenbosch Stellenbosch Wine Routes |
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