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| Community Tasting Notes (average 97 pts. and median of 97 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by sean7711 on 5/6/2023 & rated 98 points: Opened at Trisha’s BYOB in Cape May for my wife’s birthday. Paired well with the filet and a seafood linguine. Beautiful blackberry fruit, smooth tannins. Great bottle of wine. (1228 views) | | | Tasted by csimm on 7/27/2021 & rated 96 points: Vice Versa weekend and dinner: Displaying an exceptionally young and tight demeanor, the 2015s in general seem to require even more time in bottle before coming to full fruition. Double-decanted for over 8 hours, the To Kalon BBS shows the hallmarks of the site in a compacted and exquisitely framed-out package. Primary and bitter on the back end, up and until open air in the glass for an hour or so really gives it permission to stretch its legs, this is a serious To Kalon that is decidedly chiseled. It is a fantastic food wine. (6754 views) | | | Tasted by Cristal2000 on 7/24/2021 & rated 97 points: Vice Versa Wine Dinner: As expected with these super concentrated BBS wines, this still wasn’t completely ready, but it showed better than the Crane we had alongside and had all the elements of a tremendous future. With depth for days, wonderful structure, enough flavor to last decades and an off the charts finish, expect this to improve for at least another decade. The overall class of this vineyard shined. (5702 views) |
| Vice Versa 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 SauvignonBeckstoffer To Kalon VineyardBeckstoffer To Kalon continues to receive worldwide accolades for its wines, particularly in the last decade. The vineyard is on a gentle slope on the western foothills of the Oakville appellation. Soils are Bale loam/Bale clay loam, and are impeccably farmed by Andy Beckstoffer’s team. We have a by-acre contract so we can determine canopy, crop load and picking dates – but rely on the Beckstoffer viticulturists for insight into this unique vineyard to guide our decisions. ... ©2012 Tor Kenward Family Wines
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USAAmerican 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)Oakville |
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