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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2015 (based on 12 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 11 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wine4me2 on 1/22/2017 & rated 90 points: forgot I had several of these in the cellar. Pleasantly surprised. Nicely integrated and balanced at this point. Drink up. A wine that outperforms its price point. (789 views) | | | Tasted by Lessthanzero on 4/30/2011 & rated 89 points: Big oaky and tanniny. For the price is very, very good. Can compete up to the $30 price point. Is it stellar? No, but good value for money. (2319 views) | | | Tasted by Lessthanzero on 12/25/2010 & rated 90 points: There is just no way this will get enough cellar time. That's the bane of reasonably priced wine... (2216 views) | | | Tasted by Lessthanzero on 10/17/2010 & rated 91 points: This is coming around. Tannins have calmed down and are becoming pleasant. Another year and this is ready, methinks (2341 views) | | | Tasted by wine4me2 on 10/11/2010 & rated 90 points: Same as previous note. Noticed more pronounced acidity and alcohol levels in this bottle. I think a little more time will be of some benefit. i will wait another year for the next one. (2330 views) | | | Tasted by Eigermoon on 4/4/2010 & rated 89 points: Huge when openened, exciting to wait for, opened up nicely. (2053 views) | | | Tasted by MLD70 on 4/3/2010 & rated 86 points: Good varietal character, body and fruit well balanced. Just nothing exceptional to merit a higher score, but nice cab for the (low) price (1381 views) | | | Tasted by wine4me2 on 2/24/2010 & rated 90 points: This has evolved from my first bottle a year ago. Upon opening I noted an abundance of cherry fruit forward, almost sweet...but where had the tannins gone? After a two hour decant, everything came back together. The fruit and sweetness had mellowed and the tannins reemerged...albeit at a much more moderate level. The second day..even better. The wine became much more integrated with a nice balance of fruit, tannins and slight oak..making for a medium bodied wine with a rich mouth feel. I am surprised this has come along so fast. I would recommend that this wine be consumed over the next 5 years...since it is drinking well now. (1387 views) | | | Tasted by Lessthanzero on 2/14/2010 & rated 90 points: Not a lot of love for this wine on CT. No wonder as its billing is a little cheesy. However, for the $16 I paid, I really like what I got. This is a big wine (not huge, but big), with enough oak to satisfy my building needs. I gave it a 2 hour decant: Red berries and some black pepper on the nose. On the palate this is quite concentrated still, and the acid levels are a tad high. I did not find the tannins overly intrusive, though they were certainly present. Given time, I think the various components will integrate and develop into quite a pleasant wine. I won't open another bottle for at least a year, though. (1379 views) | | | Tasted by wine4me2 on 4/29/2009 & rated 90 points: This wine is young and needs time to settle down but I can see where this is going. I would give it a few years in the cellar to soften it out and let it develop. It is going to be a very impressive wine with rich fruit and balance once the tannins moderate and even out. I would buy more. (1696 views) |
| 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)St. Helena Appellation Napa Valley
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