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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 101 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cucycling on 9/17/2023 & rated 93 points: Nearly 10 years since the last time I had this wine and it is aging very gracefully still full body very fine grain tannins, a lovely wine. (371 views) | | | Tasted by Kayentacellars on 3/22/2021 & rated 92 points: Deep ruby color, aromas of blackberry, anise, currant. Full body, moderate acidity, bold, smooth tannins with a long, rich aftertaste. Mature Cab, drinking well. (1277 views) | | | Tasted by btrmkr on 10/12/2020 & rated 95 points: Drinking beautifully with deep berry and a wonderful finish. (1434 views) | | | Tasted by Bdyer1 on 8/23/2020: Loved it!!! (1407 views) | | | Tasted by Mjaszma on 10/20/2019 & rated 94 points: At its peak. Still plenty on berry on the palate with a long smooth finish. Drinking great right now. (1885 views) | | | Tasted by D3S on 8/22/2018 & rated 93 points: great nose with some floral notes, dark blue and black fruit, tobacco, and some spice with medium to long finish. Drinking great! (2537 views) | | | Tasted by Bicycler52 on 3/25/2018 & rated 95 points: Quintessential Cabernet flavors, awesome! (2180 views) | | | Tasted by ToniTony on 5/31/2017 & rated 90 points: Smooth, well-structured, great finish! (2951 views) | | | Tasted by DugyDog on 5/15/2016 & rated 93 points: Deep, dark, long and smokey. Nice! (3954 views) | | | Tasted by Dhagel on 3/19/2016 & rated 90 points: Decant for about an hour before partaking! (3580 views) | | | Tasted by pjbeans on 12/11/2015 & rated 92 points: Wow - singing right now after a 30 minute decant. Dark fruit, integrated tannins, minimal/ integrated toasted oak (3366 views) | | | Tasted by rwerner on 7/11/2015 & rated 93 points: Dark and rich flavors. Opened in the glass after30 minutes. Nice finish with smooth tannins (3449 views) | | | Tasted by westcoastwannabe on 5/23/2015 & rated 92 points: Decanted for an hour. Firm tannins, nice complexity, good balance of dark fruit and acid. Long finish. Great pairing with grilled steak. (2809 views) | | | Tasted by Drink&Trade on 3/17/2015 & rated 92 points: Berry, tobacco, anise and oak. Excellent right now. (2309 views) | | | Tasted by GradyM333 on 11/9/2014 & rated 94 points: Our first taste of the '07 and it really showed the strength of the vintage. Will only get better in the future... (2662 views) | | | Tasted by agilenut on 6/28/2014 & rated 93 points: - Garnet color with medium forming legs and aromas of oak and cherry. It's in total harmony with a medium/full body. Leathery texture with a long finish. (3003 views) | | | Tasted by cucycling on 1/14/2014 & rated 92 points: Enjoyed with a New York steak following a 07 Stags Leap cask 23. This Lancaster was a smooth wonderful treat (big fruit soft mouthfeel, nice spice nose) compared to the cask 23 that had a rather dry finish. (3312 views) | | | Tasted by cucycling on 11/12/2013 & rated 92 points: A full bodied great cab, the tannins complimented grilled beef filet to perfection. (3310 views) | | | Tasted by VAD on 9/9/2013 & rated 92 points: Drinking very well right now. Should keep getting better. (3468 views) | | | Tasted by JDV.DDSPHD on 6/15/2013 & rated 91 points: Probably for me the weakest wine of the night but it was up against two 95 pt Parker wines & a 94 pt Parker wine. On a side note I didn't look at Parker's scores for this or flora springs before I tasted them so I tasted them without Parker's influence. Smoky, earthy characteristics. Stone, and chalk with the black fruit following on the nose. Almost a vanilla in the nose as well. Not nearly as fruit forward as the trilogy with the clack currants, cassis & a hint if pomegranate coming through. Definitely balanced and the scales were not tipped in either direction of fruit driven or earth & terroir. Tannins were mouth coating and encouraged you to chew this a bit more & the finish was acceptable lasting for a good 15-20 seconds. (3301 views) | | | Tasted by marshalc on 9/22/2012 & rated 86 points: Rather restrained, somewhat harsh and with a green almost vegetal edge. Not particularly pleasant at this point, and unsure if the tannins will later allow the promise to unfold as many describe. (4595 views) | | | Tasted by Dnjhansen on 4/1/2012 & rated 92 points: Still very young, soft tannins, chocolate covered cherry and plum. A lot of alcohol at the end, needs to soften (4742 views) | | | Tasted by grayfont on 12/4/2011: Westwood Country Club Annual Holiday Wine Tasting (Westwood CC, Vienna VA): If I had tasted this blind, I would have thought it was a malbec from argentina. A bit harsh, especially on the back of the palate. Importer conducting the tasting assured me this was a proper bottle but withholding rating as it seems like an outlier to me. (6018 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 11/26/2011 & rated 90 points: Licorice, smoke, coffee bean, plums and earthy scents produce an enjoyable perfume. Concentrated with ripe, dark, lush fruit, this polished wine ends with a round, oak and black cherry filled finish. (5405 views) | | | Tasted by jeff nowak on 10/29/2011 & rated 87 points: an unfamiliar producer. i see someone scores this 95. whoa. let's hope thay never taste a truly good wine unless they have an implanted defibrillator. (5276 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JancisRobinson.com (12/22/2010)
(Lancaster Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (7/12/2011)
(Lancaster Estate Cabernet Sauvignon) Ripe berry, plum nose; soft, ripe berry, plum palate; medium finish 88+ points 88 points |
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| Lancaster Estate Producer website
Cabernet 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 CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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