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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2024 and 2029 (based on 15 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Madera16 on 4/1/2023: Quite noticeably sweet, Port-like, flavorful, but hot. Not for me. (1326 views) | | | Tasted by PourChoices on 1/29/2023: One of my favorites! (1184 views) | | | Tasted by Dr.RouxT.Baga on 1/16/2023: Chaulk-y, earthy nose with vanilla and oak. Blue fruit appears after two hours of decanting with a long, lovely, velvety finish. Full body with approachable, medium tannin. Oak, vanilla, black and white pepper linger. Austin Hope once again succeeds at making a big varietal both friendly and special. This wine tastes like Paso Robles.
Served best with steak or other red meat, of course. 8/10 (1168 views) | | | Tasted by Rudolph Schmidt on 12/24/2022: Decanted an hour thirty. Super dark in the glass.
Mocha, cinnamon, berry cobbler, tobacco, vanilla bean. Nicely balanced vs the regular Austin Hope. (1196 views) | | | Tasted by BruceReynolds on 10/22/2022: 2019 Austin Hope Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
It is with great pride and excitement that we have crafted our third release of the Austin Hope Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Through our extended Barrel aging process, this wine has developed unprecedented structure and character.
The making of Austin Hope Reserve Cabernet begins with small lot fermentations separated by individual vineyard blocks which receive daily pump-overs for maximum extraction. These lots are constantly supervised, tasted & analyzed for tannin and anthocyanins in order to determine optimal length of extended maceration after fermentation. Once drained and pressed, the young wines are barreled down into a combination of once used and neutral French Oak. In fall of 2020, the lots were blended together and continued barrel aging in 75% new French Oak. Just before bottling the 2019 Austin Hope Cabernet, the winemaking team tasted and selected individual barrels that displayed exceptional quality and character. These barrels were combined together to form the Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve. After an additional 6 months of ageing in 100% new French Oak, the wine was then bottled in late spring of 2021.
• Sub AVAs
Creston, Estrella, Highlands, El Pomar, & Geneseo Districts
• Varietals
Cabernet Sauvignon
• Oak Program
Once drained and pressed, the young wines are barreled down into a combination of once used and neutral French Oak. The lots were blended together and continued barrel aging in 75% new French Oak. These barrels were combined together to form the AHCS Reserve. After an additional 6 months of ageing in 100% new French Oak, the wine was then bottled in late spring of 2021.
• Harvest Dates
10/11, 18, 21-23 11/1, 4 ,7, 9 (2019)
This 2019 Reserve continues to push the boundaries of what Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon is capable of producing. On the nose, fresh blueberry cobbler, burnt sugar, vanilla bean and a touch of earth evolve onto the palate and seamlessly display flavors of coco powder, baking spices with additional silky vanilla. The beautifully integrated tannins frame this robust Cabernet Sauvignon to reveal a luxurious full mouth feel that allows this wine to linger. (1331 views) | | | Tasted by wheelsdown on 9/25/2022 & rated 90 points: Dark fruits on the nose, earthy flavors, fig, chocolate, caramel, great mouthfeel. (551 views) |
| Austin Hope 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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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Central Coast AVA WikipediaPaso Robles Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance
Set apart by unique climate and geography, Paso Robles Wine Country provides prime growing conditions for more than 40 varietals planted over 26,000 acres of vineyards. More than 300 wineries craft this fruit into premium wines, gaining recognition around the world. The fruit, the wines and the distinct environment have quickly made Paso Robles California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. |
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