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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 27 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Glaso da Vino on 2/20/2021: Senior wine, its showing secondary and terciary aromas. Tannins have softenned inmensly, it’s smooth and easy to drink. Its earthy, dark red fruit, minerals and spices. Its drinking beautifully, but its about ready to start hitting the slope to go down. It will not get better. (1179 views) | | | Tasted by srh on 1/5/2019: Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 7 *shared* Reds] from 01/04/19 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): José, I'm *particularly GRATEFUL as this is so close in age to the '91 tasted last wk! :)
Part of a collection of dubious storage
N: FRAGRANT, [naturally] oxygenated aromas, but COULDN'T parse
P: LM body; NICE, ALMOST swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which only somewhat resolves as transitions into a LONG, very, VERY slightly spicy finish with a TANGY/swtness to the decidedly inoffensive dusty tanning. My EXC/EXC+. For now & likely making its 30th.
Note: 2 more experienced tasters than I felt this was further advanced than they might have expected. (2332 views) | | | Tasted by WineGuyX on 2/19/2018 & rated 92 points: Fantastic nose of mature black currant, sweet oak, mint and spice! Medium-bodied, this is now silky smooth and probably toward the end of it's aging curve, but oh-so delicious! A slight hint of smoke and minerals adds definition and interest to the palate. Absolutely delicious, wish I had another! This is still so fresh and alive! Bravo. 92 df 9.3 (2605 views) | | | Tasted by FGS on 9/5/2016 & rated 90 points: Firm, fruit forward, dark and brooding. A cab built to last! (3052 views) | | | Tasted by Bionic Bob on 2/9/2013 & rated 89 points: The cork crumbled when I opened it. However the bottom was dry. I had to push the rest of the cork into the bottle and then strained it into a decanter. Although it was good, I think 20 years was a little too long to wait. It certainly improved with decanting. (6011 views) | | | Tasted by LexG on 2/14/2011 & rated 91 points: Dark purple, slight brown on the edge. silky, full mouth feel. Not much tannins left. Fruit faded a bit but still enjoyable. Past its best years but complexity still showing. (3652 views) | | | Tasted by Teamcrev on 8/12/2010 & rated 90 points: Last bottle. Popped and poured with grilled angus steaks, wild rice and tomato salad. Tannins are almost completely gone but still very good mountain cab fruits. I would not decant as it seemed to fade throughout dinner (maybe trouble standing up to the meal?). Was best right out of the bottle with freshly baked artisan garlic bread. (5500 views) | | | Tasted by Teamcrev on 8/1/2010 & rated 88 points: Cork was soaked and red but the last 1/2 inch was still dry. Tannins have almost completely faded but the bottle was good nonetheless with classic mountain cab fruit still prevalent. I think this was our first bottle so no history to compare to. No need to decent and very little sediment. (5464 views) | | | Tasted by leebm on 3/25/2010 & rated 87 points: Held up better than expected, but the 1997 I had the same night was better. (5734 views) | | | Tasted by otisabdul on 6/19/2009 & rated 85 points: Lacking.fruit. Earthy, toasty flavors. Drink up. (5810 views) | | | Tasted by vanpe003 on 10/27/2008 & rated 86 points: This one seemed thin and over the hill. (2629 views) | | | Tasted by vanpe003 on 4/14/2008 & rated 90 points: I really had to wrestle with the scoring on this one. On the one hand, I'm a sucker for a good aged cab, and love Mt Veeder fruit. This is a nice representation of both. On the other hand, it doesn't quite have the smoothness or elegance of some other recently tasted Cab / Cab blends. Nose is aged cab fruit on a bed of cedar. Palate - medium bodied after being open for a couple hours (a bit acidic prior to that). Still has some tannins present on the finish. Given I like Cab in it's more mature versions, I wouldn't hesitate to hold well stored bottles for another couple of years. As an aside, this is another wine that's been written up in a WS "retrospective" where my tastes and the reviewer's are very poorly aligned. Interestingly, while this wine scores poorly in the retrospective (86pts), it originally scored 94 pts, and was #3 in the top 100 for 1995. (2664 views) | | | Tasted by markdrisc on 3/8/2008 & rated 92 points: Excellent still a ton of flavor (2817 views) | | | Tasted by windypinot on 2/11/2008 & rated 88 points: Solid cabernet with good body and finish; not a ton of fruit, but still showing fine 15 years later (3177 views) | | | Tasted by donmc on 8/8/2006 & rated 92 points: Low neck fill level, but cork pliable and intact with no leakage. Tons of fruit, surprising depth. With Bobby Flay pork tenderloin recipe. (3582 views) | | | Tasted by beaunehead on 7/1/2006 & rated 93 points: yum - still showing good primary fruit, with a very supple texture and a smooth finish, with moderate length. Surprisingly delicious. (3481 views) | | | Tasted by greghirson on 1/15/2006 & rated 92 points: Pretty much at the end of its prime, good red berries. Tannins are all but gone, smooth and long finish. (3908 views) | | | Tasted by MeMyself&I on 11/6/2005 & rated 88 points: This wine was consumed during a leg of lamb dinner and came from a friends cellar. Great fruit still present but tannins were disappearing. Very enjoyable mouth filling glass of wine. I believe that properly cellared bottles of this vintage are good for at least another year. (3944 views) | | | Tasted by dbg on 5/20/2002: outstanding (3132 views) | | | Tasted by dbg on 12/8/1999: dark purple, rich smooth deep nose, rich full bodied palate, good
balance, nice finish with fair amount of tannin left, excellent (3072 views) | | | Tasted by buckeye76 on 12/27/1995 & rated 92 points: EXCELLENT FRUIT, NICE COMPLEXITY. WENT WONDERFUL WITH THE FOOD. MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH. (272 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| The Hess Collection 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)Mt. Veeder Mt. Veeder (Appellation America) |
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