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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.7 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by sambuca on 1/27/2012 & rated 85 points: Classic Al-Valley cab. (2924 views) | | Tasted by mtaczak on 7/8/2010 & rated 82 points: eh. tart, with some hints of classic cab flavor, but nothing to write home about. tastes like a cheap bottle of wine. (4008 views) | | Tasted by ggkemp on 7/4/2010 & rated 74 points: What a difference a year makes. 2006 was my "House Red". 2007 will not be a repeat buy. Unappealing nose, palate, and nothing good on the finish. Worse than bland. Will try 2nd (last) bottle in several weeks. (3975 views) | | Tasted by soyhead on 6/23/2010 & rated 90 points: Really good cab, surprising. Dark cherry fruit, delicious, improved with aeration. If you want very good quality cali cab at an affordable price, this is your wine to buy by the case. (4172 views) | | Tasted by midai on 6/13/2010 & rated 84 points: Good value since this would likely sell for twice the price at a winery in the Alexander Valley. As far as the wine, I get some mild oak taste but not overpowering. The problem is there is not much else going on. I didn't detect much fruit flavor until the second day. (4153 views) | | Tasted by maxmanx on 6/10/2010 & rated 88 points: Decent cabernet and decent QPR. Nothing extraordinary or particularly interesting, but certainly a reasonable cabernet for $10. (2439 views) |
| Kirkland SignatureNote: http://www.guillaumegonnet.com/ , is the site of the winemaker listed on the back label of the 2015 Signature Gigondas. 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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