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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 27 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DfwCabLover on 12/25/2023 & rated 94 points: Really well balanced wine. Don’t taste quite as good as the 07. Felt like it was closer to its peak (151 views) | | | Tasted by dneville on 7/1/2019 & rated 93 points: Drinking nicely! Well balanced, tanins mellowed - fruit perfect and layers of complexity. (1519 views) | | | Tasted by Chippy06 on 6/20/2019: For Rogers birthday (1248 views) | | | Tasted by mikemboutiquewines on 7/6/2017 & rated 96 points: Awesome stuff. In a great place right now! (2427 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 12/31/2016 & rated 93 points: It was a Gargiulo kind of night! This was the third of six bottles and last of the still wines on NYE2016. This wine was pretty much ready to go out of the bottle, but still had a youthful essence. Uncorked to a POWERFUL blackberry cassis both on the nose and tongue. The entry of this wine was youthful, powerful, full bodied, MONSTROUS. Had that "fine grit" tannin pretty much even from the start, which means that this wine STILL can integrate even more (aka we killed another one....and now only have one more!!!). Had a nice spicy finish but, honestly I think the Money Road Ranch Cab from this same year had it beat in the spiciness department. This wine finished with a lot of tannin, but that was just fine considering the fajitas, sausage, and cheese that this one accompanied. Definitely more powerful than Money Road Ranch cab from same year which was enjoyed first. Drink 2015-2030. (2536 views) | | | Tasted by MSBohmer on 5/19/2016 & rated 93 points: Terrific wine. Dark fruits and sturdy structure. Needs several more years to mellow a bit. Wish I had waited. (3122 views) | | | Tasted by witsend23903 on 4/20/2016 & rated 94 points: Absolutely wonderful. This is a bold wine and will pair well with lamb or venison. (2107 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 10/3/2015 & rated 93 points: This wine was exceptionally good, and a little more distinctive fro the other 3 bottles that I've had before. I want to say that this one is ready to go. I would have agreed with the statement about it not keeping up with all the high end "Parker-butt-kissing" power Cabs, but this one just seems more custom and better made. This one actually tastes quite a bit like the 2012 Odette does now, but without the Stag's minerality (but it does have plenty of its own character). This wine is different from the 11 quite a bit. More complexity than 09. Started out with a nose of blackberry creme de cassis and a hint of vanilla and cinnamon. The palate is an 80/20 silky/earthy classic Oakville cab with blackberry pie, a hint of mocha, leather. Mid-palate is dark dense blackberry fruit and this is where the earth trickles in a little more...that Oakville terroir ever so present and welcome! Finishes with an oaked presence, and slightly sweet and hedonistic. This is an ager, and will only improve over the next 10 years. Drink by 2035, but "wheelhouse" will probably be 2022. (2562 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 7/13/2015: This was very good, though I will say it's not necessarily distinctive from dozens of other high end Napa cabs. I might be spoiled in that regard. Big yet smooth, layers of black fruit, medium plus tannins that are smooth and lead to a long finish. Quite enjoyable. Let it breathe, it was much better 6 hours after opening than right away. (1617 views) | | | Tasted by MSBohmer on 5/12/2015 & rated 94 points: A terrific 2010 cab with dark fruit, great depth and silky tannins. Long finish with hints of cherry and vanilla. Should continue to age given acidity, but great now. Winner. (1588 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 3/29/2015 & rated 94 points: Two 94 pointers. This was served with a 1999 Heitz Martha's. The power of youth and opulence of age both together in two Oakville cabs was a great comparison/contrast. This wine was powerful up front -- dark red core with a purplish hue when poured into the glass. This was decanted in a wide mouth decanter for about 3 hours. Blackberry, a hint of vanilla, new oak on the nose. Classic Oakville nose. The palate was blackberry core with a hint of black licorice and graham cracker on the opening. The middle was still a cassis core but was deep with licorice and some earth. Finished with a lot of young oak and tannic as can be. This one has the power to make it to 2040 probably at the LEAST. (1271 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 11/26/2014: Consumed on 11/25 and 26. Three words -- not ready yet. You can drink this wine, and it is very drinkable. But it's obnoxiously young. It has more youth to it than the 2011 does (no surprise there). There is a sweetness to this wine that sticks with you on the finish. On day 2 there is still quite a lot of eucalyptus. I BELIEVE this wine has what it takes to score 95+. Lots of good primary sweet blackberry backbone at this time, with a mid-palate of sweet thorny vodka soaked boysenberries. LONG finish, but much more EtOH than I care to prefer at the moment. I just don't understand how people can rate this one right now as there were still quite a lot of nuances on day 2. This wine is a 2016 ager before it needs to be popped, and consumed over the next 20 years. 2016-36. (1537 views) | | | Tasted by ablazinob on 10/14/2014 & rated 95 points: perfect (1323 views) | | | Tasted by Kbrumback on 6/14/2014: - Brick color with slow forming legs. It's in total harmony with a full body. Fleshy texture with a long finish. (1523 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Gargiulo 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)Oakville |
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