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 Vintage2016 Label 14 of 18 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2008 vintage.)
TypeRed
ProducerTrinitas (web)
VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
Designationn/a
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionNapa Valley
AppellationNapa Valley
UPC Code(s)857655502003

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2025 (based on 27 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by Siwink57 on 8/26/2023 & rated 92 points: Only been 6 months since my last bottle but this wine is now in a really nice place. Delicious black fruits with a medium+ body that opened up immensely after a few hours of air. Paired with a meat and cheese plate. If you're on the fence…go for it! 4.3 stars (285 views)
 Tasted by zg08 on 5/21/2023 & rated 85 points: Too much graphite and floral note. Not my taste (388 views)
 Tasted by Siwink57 on 2/22/2023 & rated 91 points: I liked this soft cab a lot as the high alcohol was barely noticeable. While not a top notch offering, I would give it good QPR as it was similar to the 2015 at a better price. Same 91 rating or 4.1 stars. (401 views)
 Tasted by Rjmathias on 11/15/2022: Not overly aromatic. Hints of pencil shaving. Dark fruit up front, medium body, little tartness (cherry). This is not a fruit forward Cab. Tannins are a bit gripping but in a nice way. Well balanced. Not a heavy Cab., Nice long finish of dark fruit on the back end. Enjoyable (566 views)

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By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (9/15/2022)
(Trinitas California, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (10/17/2018)
(Trinitas Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet 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 Sauvignon

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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

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