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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.4 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 1/21/2023 & rated 93 points: 1970 Themed Bordeaux Dinner: Fill level in the neck. Cork only 3/4 stained. Impressive condition. It pours medium ruby in the glass with light bricking. The nose shows a youthful blend of cassis, dark cherry, pomegranate, eupalyptus, chai tea, fire pit, and a touch of green bean. The palate enters on the bright cherry fruit, with medium minus tannin and medium acid. The finish lingers nicely, medium in length. All in all this is a lovely old school California Cabernet, certainly youthful in the company of the wines pours against it. (1196 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 12/10/2022: ESTG Year-End Tasting (Newcastle, WA): Mmmm, leafy, mint, red fruit, green tobacco leaf. This is fairly dry and structured, very Cabernet in personality, utterly classic California Cab from another era. This wanted some steak to buffer it a bit. (1402 views) | | | Tasted by *Vine* on 10/11/2022: Deep crimson, slight bricking around the rim. Remarkably vibrant for any Napa Cab of this age. Initially, the aromas are quite tertiary - think cedar, leather, clay, autumnal vegetation and sweet tobacco. Within 10-15 minutes, the fruit begins to show with notes of black cherry and red currant, plus hints of brown sugar and allspice. Given there's been more than 50 years between bottling to now, the concentration is quite impressive and surely this must have been a mouthful upon release. Well-balanced and full of character on the palate, with mature flavors evidencing a wine which has aged majestically into graceful decline. Incredible close lingers into near-perpetuity, a lasting memory imprint of freshness. Although this will most likely last for many more years if well-stored, seems like it's best to drink now while the wine remains so giving.
Quick comment: I haven't left a note in years but given this bottle, it seemed mandatory to at the very least leave an impression. (617 views) | | | Tasted by CurrieCellar on 7/10/2018 & rated 95 points: This wine is still remarkable for its age Perfectly balance with good fruit in the nose. The color is almost as it was 40 years ago with little to no browning. A slight bit of aging in the taste, but not at all offensive. If you have any, drink and enjoy! (1939 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 12/18/2016 & rated 94 points: Also at the 92 & older Cab dinner. A wonderful opportunity to taste a Napa Valley mountain classic at full maturity. Quite a bead of minerality along with tobacco, cedar and dark fruit flavors. Very fun! Thanks Jason! (2540 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 12/18/2016 & rated 94 points: 1992 & Older Napa Cabs - Blind - With a Few Ringers (Siggy & Jenny's Place, Mpls, MN): Dark red color, no bricking. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 90 minutes. What a beauty, in great shape again. We drank this right off the bat by itself and it turned out to be one of my favorites of the night. This really blew up over about 15 minutes and continued to improve for about an hour and was still drinking quite well at 3 hours in upon checking a new pour. The nose is wonderful with earth, mint,red berry, black currant, leather and mineral notes. The palate shows black currants, huckleberry, wild raspberry, leather, dried earth, wood spice, and mint with fine dusty tannins that have more life to give. Amazing wine not really giving up its age. (3163 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 12/13/2015 & rated 94 points: Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (Il Foro, Mpls, MN): Very small pour. Another beautifully aged bottle tonight. Medium dark red color, mild bricked margin. PNP. There is a great dried earthiness with red fruits shining through, leather, perfume, fine tobacco leaf, mineral dense. Loved this. I agree with Jason's assessment on longevity as well. Thanks for sharing Jason. (3593 views) | | | Tasted by Jason on 5/10/2015: Excellent bottle. Loads of earth and minerals. Some fruit in the palate. Not declining fast but I wouldn't hold. (2982 views) | | | Tasted by CurrieCellar on 11/24/2014 & rated 93 points: For a 1971 this was unbelievably sound; no brownness in color; no oxidation in mouth; excellent fruit still showing; some tannins still there. It is an outstanding wine. The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like black currant (cassis). (2278 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 10/11/2014: New World Blind Tasting Group $25+ (Bin 75): Dark chocolaty core with thin brown rim; cigar, leather, pencil lead, caraway, celery seed, aged; dark fruit, leather, sweet soy, slight brown sugar, currant, celery seed, aged spice notes; wow, definitely aged but not dead yet; should have been served earlier rather than last but a very cool experience. (1869 views) | | | Tasted by Jason on 8/5/2012: Great bottle. Used slow oxygenation method. I wouldn't hold much longer but this bottle was excellent. (2920 views) | | | Tasted by last chance on 5/21/2011 & rated 94 points: Tasted blind. The nose of this wine had aromas of currant and leather. The palate had very nice dark fruit flavors, and initially also had a brown sugar-like sweetness. Very nice mouthfeel and a long finish. I did guess this as a CA Cab, but was thinking it was around 10 years old - not anywhere near 40 years old. This wine has loads of time in front of it still. This was another birth year wine for me, and just a fantastic bottle of wine. This also went very well with the Flannery rib cap. Just awesome... (2547 views) | | | Tasted by JLeader on 3/19/2011 & rated 90 points: Great showing. Classic Cali cab with plenty of dark Napa fruit, minerality, tobacco, and mint. On the downward part of the curve, but this still has plenty of life left in it. Very nice. (2526 views) | | | Tasted by RossM on 4/27/2010 & rated 93 points: For me this was true Cabernet Sauvignon: minerals, graphite, leather, black and green olives with perfectly aged fruit. Mushrooms, earth with a hint of dried strawbery. The palate was balanced and fully integrated and really showing no signs of fading. The acid was present, but perhaps a bit soft. This wine was enjoyed over 2 hours and never seemed to slow down. If not for the palate, I don't know if I would peg this as California Cabernet. Probably one of the best Cabernet Sauvignon I've ever had. Would love to try again. (3034 views) | | | Tasted by Blair Curtis on 8/29/2004 & rated 94 points: Consumed last night in celebration of my birthday (a birthyear wine). This bottle was in absolutely amazing shape. Purchased from a restaurant cellar, where the bottle had lain since release. The fill was high-neck, up into the capsule!!! The wine was purple in color with ruby reflects. Gorgeous nose of cassis with a hint of tar. On the palate, tons of fruit complicated by old leather and fall leaves. Tannins are fully resolved, leaving a velvety mouthfeel. The finish is about 15 seconds. Going nicely on acids and fruit now. This wine is past peak, but this bottle was not in significant decline. Remarkable! (3074 views) |
| Chappellet 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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