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| Drinking window: Drink between 2008 and 2020 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.6 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 47 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ROrmand on 10/7/2022 & rated 90 points: Still in good shape; actually improved in the glass. Delicate, nicely put together. Some fruit, some spice, all nice. (596 views) | | | Tasted by ewasowicz on 10/3/2020 & rated 95 points: Nose: Covid
Taste: super smooth with dark fruit and great finish (1139 views) | | | Tasted by LevonC on 3/20/2020 & rated 95 points: Wow, what a great bottle. Sorry this was my last one. Aged without getting putty. (1140 views) | | | Tasted by Alfaro on 2/24/2020 & rated 91 points: 1st one must have been flawed as this one showed very well! (1175 views) | | | Tasted by Alfaro on 2/9/2020 & rated 87 points: Past it's prime (1162 views) | | | Tasted by ogres3 on 12/29/2017 & rated 90 points: Nothing really stood out with this wine - fruit/body/nose/finish. Not unpleasant, but an average wine. (1795 views) | | | Tasted by MDRwinos on 3/26/2014 & rated 86 points: Decent bottle. Fruit forward. Opened up over time. Nothing special. (3808 views) | | | Tasted by garyty on 6/28/2013 & rated 89 points: Decent bottle for the price. (4194 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 8/21/2012 & rated 85 points: Enjoyed at Debbie and Brad's. This was a boring wine. I was the one that liked it the least. Thank goodness everyone else REALLY liked it because I seemed like a hero. Everyone else would have rated it a 92. Can't understand why. This wine was uncorked intact, zero bleed, medium stain on the cork. Nothing out the bottle initially. Passed through a vinturi into a decanter. Swirled for a while. Poured into glass - deep red. Nose out of the glass was mixed dark berry fruit. QUITE prominent. Entry was sweet blackberry pie, then the generic-ness of this wine came out. In the mid-palate, that indecipherable taste came up. Cherry, currant, raspberry, (enter your fruit here) was all there. This wine tried too hard, and ended up looking like the velvet Elvis at the costume party. Finished with medium tannicity. Medium to full bodied offering. Nice, but thank goodness the one bottle was all I had. Won't be revisiting this one anytime soon. There are 100's of bottles of wine that taste just like this one. Paid $36/bottle, and let me tell you there are hundreds, likely thousands, of wines that would put this one to shame in the same category. (5079 views) | | | Tasted by The P's on 5/23/2012: Not bad, better wines for the price (5197 views) | | | Tasted by MDRwinos on 3/10/2012 & rated 87 points: Decent cab. Decanted :30 minutes. Fruit is definitely present. Almost a little fizz on the palate. Pleasing on first taste but limited finish. (4723 views) | | | Tasted by jimmyrice14 on 2/29/2012 & rated 91 points: Was given this wine by a friend three years ago and laid it down and forgot about it...drinking great. Very big fruit, smooth tannins, and long finish. A real sleeper. (2891 views) | | | Tasted by wm3395 on 12/11/2011 & rated 89 points: This is my third attempt at this wine. It is pretty good on the front but breaks quickly. Menthol and heat on the finish. good nose. Decanting is a must. The wine is too hot for a better score. (2923 views) | | | Tasted by ardria on 11/7/2011 & rated 90 points: better the second time. notes consistent with first time. (2566 views) | | | Tasted by ardria on 3/20/2011 & rated 87 points: Was a little disappointed in this. Not bad for the $20 paid because it was a close-out, but for the suggested $40 would have been very unimpressed.
Nose: plum, pencil shavings, cherry cola, green bell pepper. Palate: black pepper (some heat), currant, black raspberry.
Not a bad "everyday" cab but nothing special. (3103 views) | | | Tasted by pete s. on 3/15/2011 & rated 89 points: Pop and pour. Lots of alcohol on the nose that masks subtle red fruit and spice notes. The heat is also present on the palate. Disappointing. It does open up some over the next hour. I then proceed to slice off the tip of my finger while prepping dinner - 3/4 of the bottle is left and corked.
Day 2 - Finger is bandaged and I'm ready to finish the meal I started. I pour a glass to see if the extra day helped the wine...and it did. Pure black cherries and raspberries with oaky spice on the nose. Medium bodied, rich but fresh fruit and cedar on the palate with substantial structure that gives nice balance. Still a bit of heat on the finish, but this is a completely different wine today. I would hold for 2-3 years or decant. (3203 views) | | | Tasted by timdrex on 2/7/2011 & rated 92 points: Surprisingly good for the price. (3199 views) | | | Tasted by takk on 6/21/2010 & rated 88 points: Father's Day. Some heat/ almost peppery quality frm the alcohol. Very nice nose, nice initial fruit (3806 views) | | | Tasted by TJolley on 4/2/2010: No rating,
Ripe cherry and acetone aroma,
The palate is very bland with firm tannins.
Could be a flawed bottle.
If anyone else notices this let me know. (5102 views) | | | Tasted by smguth3 on 11/18/2009: A (4452 views) | | | Tasted by pgm on 11/5/2009 & rated 88 points: A relatively perfumy nose, with floral tea notes and cassis. A little light in body, featuring currant flavors and red cherries. Well done for a moderately priced California cab. (4101 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 10/16/2009 & rated 89 points: California Night (Binny's Highland Park, highland park IL): nose: tight nose with tones of red cherries, red currants, berries, and some bits of red fruits. Good pure fruit with real nice balance to it
taste: smooth medium feel with a real good red fruit base with balanced tones of red cherries, berries, and red fruits. Good definition on the fruit with nice tannins
overall: a real good cab. It could use some more depth on both the nose and palate, but this is a quality cab that brings some real nice aromas and flavors (4734 views) | | | Tasted by bubbachumps on 8/23/2009 & rated 91 points: Really nice again. Noticed a smoky component which I did not get the first couple times. Very nice bottling. (4498 views) | | | Tasted by RPerro on 6/6/2009 & rated 92 points: Amazing nose of blackberry, blueberry, earth and violets. Flavors matching the nose, with some additional tobacco, spices and a nice peppery finish. Very big in the mouth, with a nice brace of chewy tannins. Really a quality wine for the money. Wish I had more... (4325 views) | | | Tasted by bubbachumps on 5/4/2009 & rated 91 points: Consistent with prior notes except the nose was more expressive this time around. Additional notes of cola and cassis. (4403 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Vinifera Vineyards 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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