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| Community Tasting Notes (average 85.6 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by stradivariusgrizz on 7/27/2022 & rated 84 points: Pretty awful. Not even a good cellar defender. Had half a glass and poured the rest out. (598 views) | | | Tasted by Kgessaman on 5/15/2022 & rated 85 points: Delicious, and easy screw top. (629 views) | | | Tasted by Tbone24 on 9/30/2021: DNL (741 views) | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 9/25/2021 & rated 88 points: Bottled under screwcap and comprised of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon that was aged for nine months in a combination of French and American oak, this opaque crimson wine was opened, poured and consumed over the ensuing three hours. Offering aromas of black cherries, cassis, bark, allspice and cedar, it delivers comparable flavors on the medium-bodied palate. The alcohol (13.9%), tannins and wood are well-integrated, the mid-palate solid and the finish medium in length. This inexpensive Cab is well-worthy of its sticker. It would have benefitted from Vinturi or splash-decanting, as it continued to evolve throughout the tasting interval. Enjoy it over the next five years. Drink now-2026. (961 views) | | | Tasted by The Drunken Cyclist on 8/25/2020 & rated 88 points: Retail $22. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabs are tough. Not in an abstract way, but due to the fact that there are SO many at just about every price point, and don't even get me started on "style." I'm a firm believer that Cabs should be evaluated not as a variety, but rather in regards to their relative "quality" (i.e., price). In other words, this is not a $100 (or more) Cab. It's a wine that, with a little bit of effort, one could find for under twenty bucks. Given that paradigm? This is pretty darned good. Fruity, spicy, nuanced (somewhat), and tart, this is an easy choice when the in-laws are coming over for pizza. Or short-ribs. Or to give you their unsolicited opinion. thedrunkencyclist.com (1184 views) | | | Tasted by CdrCabernet on 8/3/2020 & rated 82 points: If this is the reserve, I'd hate to taste the non-reserve. There are no distintive qualities to this Cab. Typical box or value wine quality with no clarity or layers of flavor. Short, flat finish. Not even worth the low price. (525 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 4/19/2020 & rated 86 points: River Road wines: Medium purple color. Nose of black currants, raspberry jam, cranberry relish, with menthol, earth and clove. Fresh acidity frames the wine well, dusty tannins, a medium-bodied with with juicy red fruit (raspberry, tangy currants). Notes of spicy tobacco, menthol, tilled soil and clay round out this wine. Fun, fresh stuff for the price. Aged nine months in French and American oak. (526 views) |
| River Road Family Vineyards and Winery 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 SauvignonReserve The Wine News | Wine Country This Week | Wine Lover's PageUSAAmerican 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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