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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.1 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jdrosen on 5/3/2024 & rated 95 points: Superb. Even after 12 years this was still holding its tannin and needed an hour to fully shine. Immense complexity without the sweetness. (64 views) | | | Tasted by Ginaloveswine on 11/29/2023 & rated 97 points: Paired perfectly with ribeye steak at RH in Yountville celebrating my husband’s 70th. It was smooth and delicious. (420 views) | | | Tasted by papa bear on 10/28/2022: Great tasting ! No Tannis and wonderful (970 views) | | | Tasted by papa bear on 10/2/2022: Smooth Cabernet with big wild Cherry flavor (829 views) | | | Tasted by papa bear on 3/4/2022: Nice abs smooth! No tannins and nice berry flavored Wirh hints of pepper ana red pepper (1055 views) | | | Tasted by KC Wine Enthusiast on 11/2/2020 & rated 100 points: Wow! Nice oak, and nice nose. 14.6 ABV
Celebrating our paid off home mortgage with this fantastic Cab. (1898 views) | | | Tasted by ABECellar on 10/10/2020 & rated 92 points: Infanticide! Decanted 4 hours. Good but destined for great. Tannins still strong but mellowing. Next bottle will be in two years and I would definitely not recommend drinking sooner.
UPDATE 7/3/2022: opened another last night and it was outstanding. Still needs a few years but definitely in its early drinking window. Enjoy one now if you have a few bottles in the cellar. (1392 views) | | | Tasted by M4 on 8/2/2018 & rated 96 points: Awesome, fresh and bright, very easy to drink. Drank on boat in Sweden with Chris and Allison (2684 views) | | | Tasted by Robi6916 on 5/25/2017 & rated 95 points: Very smooth mouthfeel. Was just a PNP with very little open time. First glass came out nice,
The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. (3192 views) |
| A. Rafanelli 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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