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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Acw1095 on 4/7/2019: Decanted briefly, excellent!! Perfect with pasta and vodka sauce with some smoked country sausage in it, topped with baked cod with a lemon cream sauce . (349 views) | | Tasted by CellarBuzzz on 12/19/2016 & rated 92 points: This wine needs a bit of time but quite a value for a 2011. I noticed plenty of dark fruit followed by spices that made the taste quite appropriate for a Napa blend. It definitely deserves 90+ and a wine you could pour at any function and expect very good reviews. Give this one a try...you won't be sorry. (1051 views) | | Tasted by rebecca_quebecca on 5/12/2015 & rated 70 points: Bordeaux Blend, Jammy, dry finish, smooth tannins. Needs to open up! (1192 views) |
| Saddleback Cellars Producer website Located in the heart of Napa Valley, Saddleback Cellars was founded by acclaimed winemaker Nils Venge. Nils got his start in Napa Valley in 1970 and has been creating award winning wines at Saddleback since 1981. He is known as the "King of Cabs" due to being the first American to receive a 100 point score from wine-critic extraordinaire Robert Parker Jr. for making a 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Saddleback sits on Money Road, a dead-end lane in Oakville, a renowned Cabernet growing A.V.A. (American Vinicultural Area). Our first love is Cabernet Sauvignon; although we make a variety of wonderful wines both from our estate vineyard in Oakville and from around the valley. Some of these include; Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Merlot and Zinfandel – and even smaller lots, made especially for our Posse Wine Club, which include: Marsanne, Grenache Blanc, Charbono, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc to name of few.Red Blend.USAAmerican 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Oakville |
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