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| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2020 (based on 73 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.4 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 10/10/2013 & rated 94 points: This was significantly better than the last one I tried. The concentration is amazing. Will benefit from a few more years but already showing so well. Wish I had more. (3278 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 1/26/2013 & rated 92 points: Deep flavors, elegant, well balanced and polished. (3377 views) | | | Tasted by slippytoad on 10/26/2012 & rated 92 points: Nicely perfumed, smooth palate of blackberries and little tannin. Shortish finish. (3422 views) | | | Tasted by prasm on 1/30/2012 & rated 90 points: Tasted at Brix in Omaha. Nose: Expressive scents of blackberry reduction sauce, anise and black dirt. Palate: Ripe black raspberries, black berry, and chocolate - dips through the mid-palate but comes back strong through the back-end to dominate a tasty 30+ second finish. (4062 views) | | | Tasted by CP4 on 11/11/2011 & rated 85 points: Dry to pallet, short finish, smooth and pleasant. (4329 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 9/13/2011: Smokey big meaty cabernet. 21 months new french oak, laid down for three years. So this is current release. This vintage the entire wine is based off of an old BV George de Latour block. Now if they could just cut down on some of the high char oak... (1836 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 7/31/2011 & rated 88 points: Joseph George 71st Anniversary Tasting (Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California): Very dark red violet color; ripe berry, cassis nose; ripe cassis, berry palate with sweet tannins; medium-plus finish (2007 views) | | | Tasted by bjamesclark on 7/5/2011 & rated 92 points: Dark, clear crimson color with aromas of currant, dark cherry, black plum, toasted oak, earth and herbs of sage and thyme. Well integrated oak flavors with aromas translating to the palatre seamlessly. excellent grip, alcohol definitely in line and not ove the top. the finish carries for minutes. (1587 views) |
| Rombauer Vineyards 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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