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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 8/15/2023: PnP (Durand) thoroughly enjoyed over two hours; cork and fill in vg condition. Feeling quite lucky to have a bottle that's still quite fresh, vibrant. Med+ body, little sign of age to the color, nose or palate. This was showing as well as I could have hoped for: long, sweet tannins lurking about, multi-layered mid palate, good soil and red/black fruits, etc. Excellent now, and the next several years in this condition. highly recommended (1090 views) | | Tasted by ken@ampy.com on 2/15/2023 & rated 93 points: No signs of age at 23 tears old, still fresh and vibrant, will probably last another 10 years, maybe longer. Took some time to open up, an hrs decant might be sufficient. Went well with Sirloin and Brussels Spouts at Parkhouse Eatery in San Diego. Wish I had more but I believe this bottle was a loner. No hurry but quite enjoyable now with a little air. Cork appeared good but crumbled with a Corkscrew. An Air Pump cork Extractor might have been a better option. (369 views) | | Tasted by SonomaCoaster on 12/31/2017 & rated 93 points: Fantastic, probably opened this bottle five to ten years too soon. Fruit was still very rich, ripe, and tannins were very sweet and smooth. Nose was fruit and herbal, not even much leather or vanilla yet. Too bad I had only one bottle!. (851 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer Vinous, May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84 (Villa Mt. Eden Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Reserve Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| Villa Mt. Eden 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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