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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by webbaker on 4/12/2017 & rated 91 points: Better than I expected. Nice amount of age. Classic Mondavi taste of that era. No sign of burn out. (1694 views) | | | Tasted by CP on 12/26/2016 & rated 87 points: Not a whole lot to like about it today, but not sure it gets any better either. (1712 views) | | | Tasted by kcp on 12/23/2016 & rated 89 points: Ditto the previous note by WEBBAKER. (1645 views) | | | Tasted by webbaker on 9/18/2013 & rated 89 points: Third tasting with consistent notes. Nice aromatic balance with soft fruit flavors and tannins, but no depth or intensity. Really, a disappointing outing for an SLD wine at this price point. (3161 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 11/30/2012 & rated 89 points: California Cabernet Tasting for Leigh's Birthday: Seems a little bit overpriced... (3853 views) | | | Tasted by webbaker on 10/27/2012 & rated 91 points: Second tasting with consistent notes. Tasted over a 36 hour period. Initial taste was hard, but this wine opened up and drank very nicely after a 24 hour decant. Soft fruits and relaxed tannins. Not a a lot of depth, but quite enjoyable. (2466 views) | | | Tasted by webbaker on 3/6/2012 & rated 90 points: Great aroma of flowers, violets? Good initial mouth feel, but then just disappeared. No depth. Soft tannins. (2717 views) | | | Tasted by 1800kidney on 3/6/2010 & rated 90 points: Tasting at Robert Mondavi (Spotlight Room): Well-made cabernet blend but mostly cabernet, plenty of tannin and fruit extraction, black cherry, boysenberry, long finish (3824 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2009, IWC Issue #144
(Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Stags Leap District Stags Leap District |
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