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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.9 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by pugblanc on 2/2/2015 & rated 87 points: Blueberry cherry cocoa Rutherford dust. Leather cherry sour. A little unbalanced. (1091 views) | | Tasted by pugblanc on 10/16/2014 & rated 89 points: Cherry, cranberry. Rutherford. Cassis. Pepper. Oak. Vanilla. Enjoy it now. (1065 views) | | Tasted by Mlbarrowjr on 6/24/2014 & rated 94 points: Getting better. (2074 views) | | Tasted by Mlbarrowjr on 4/18/2014 & rated 92 points: Nice. (1944 views) | | Tasted by Plheureux on 12/8/2013: - Crimsom color and has flavours of black pepper with a medium finish. (2206 views) | | Tasted by Mlbarrowjr on 6/26/2013 & rated 89 points: Nice and round. Very pleasant. (2029 views) | | Tasted by Mlbarrowjr on 3/7/2013 & rated 90 points: Taste and nose are way above pay grade. Very nice. (2218 views) | | Tasted by carlb128 on 1/26/2013 & rated 88 points: A bit disappointing. Lacks much complexity. Aroma of raspberry and jam. Does improve after a couple of hours. (1294 views) | | Tasted by Lee Fining on 5/4/2012 & rated 89 points: Excellent nose. Initial impression of sweetness resolving itself into moderate fruit and pepper on the tongue. (1278 views) |
| Sterling 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)Rutherford Rutherford,
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