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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2012 and 2015 (based on 16 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 85 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by BobMilton on 1/24/2012 & rated 87 points: A decent everyday drinker. Good fruit but rather simple. Excellent QPR (3391 views) | | | Tasted by DHMosier on 11/30/2011 & rated 85 points: - Purple color and aromas of raspberry, violet, bell pepper and vanilla. It's unbalanced and has flavours of strawberry and vanilla with a light body. Juicy texture with a short finish. (3487 views) | | | Tasted by BobMilton on 6/18/2011 & rated 87 points: Decent everyday drinker. Good fruit, nice and smooth, but a bit simple. (3882 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Kopanski on 2/5/2011 & rated 81 points: Not all that typical for a Cabernet. The color is more the magenta of a Merlot. There is a grapy vanilla on the nose, that continues on to the palate. Less than medium bodied. Light blackberry on the roof of the mouth. Minimal tannins and acid, but don't get any alcohol burn at 13.5%. Can't tell if there is much or any oak, A little too light, expected more. (3856 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 CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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