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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2020 (based on 17 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 83.8 pts. and median of 84 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by GeoKeller on 11/10/2014 & rated 85 points: I was pleasantly surprised. A nice wine for drinking socially at a good price. (2132 views) | | | Tasted by Santiago53 on 11/20/2013 & rated 88 points: I'll keep this short - this is a very nice wine, regardless of price and especially at the price. Balanced, medium complexity, nice finish with juicy mouthwatering acidity and long lingering aftertaste. What's not to like?
Needs a few minutes of decanting, and it's ready to go. It's a real wow at the price. Have tasted two dozen or so other '09 '10 and '11 cabs in the under $30 range in the last 3 months, and none of them were better, only a couple were as good, and they were pushing the $30 mark. Sure speaks volumes for the '12 vintage!
Consistent over 5 bottles tasted, every 5 days, 3 weeks apart start to finish.
Gentle tannins, good acid. Will probably hold up well for 18 to 24 months
88 may be too low a score. May well end up revising this to a 90+ (2635 views) |
| Robert Mondavi Winery Producer website
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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
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