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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.9 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by VAVintner on 4/11/2021 & rated 89 points: Nice. The wine needed to open for about an hour. Good structure still but fruit is fading (371 views) | | Tasted by Oenecnist on 4/14/2020: Bought 6b as part of a 12b mixed lot at a Michael Davis auction 23 years ago; this is #2. Average bottle price of the lot was 24/b, and I think the other bottles were 3b each of '90 and '92 Whitehall Lane CS. Decanted with normal sediment for its age. Darker ruby with some amber edge; mature black cherry, some cinnamon, hint of eucalyptus that follow on the palate, fair mouthfeel. Tasty and interesting, past prime. Glad I have more, hope to do a vertical. Europat55's notes suggest there may be bottle variation: we'll see. Stored horizontally in a cool, dark basement since purchase. My evaluation: For me, scores on a "100-point scale" are misleading. I use a 4-category scale (perhaps with +/-)--not including flawed--which runs outstanding/notable/drinkable/poor. This is notable when considering quality, age, and price. (459 views) | | Tasted by europat55 on 7/16/2018 & rated 93 points: Whitehall Lane Vertical Tasting Nose: A-/A Palate: A- My #1, Group's #2 (36 pts) Tasted blind. Much better than the previous bottle I've had a couple of years ago! (819 views) | | Tasted by europat55 on 5/17/2012 & rated 89 points: 1987 Cabernet Retrospective, Part 1 (Tom's house in Palo Alto, California): Very smooth. Nose: B+ Palate: B My #5, Group's #5 (61 pts) Tasted blind. (2480 views) | | Tasted by Hodby on 3/1/2011 & rated 88 points: Medium ruby, no bricking. Very leathery nose of mint, menthol, cassis, tobacco. Light tannin, balanced acidity. Quite the decent quaff for a well-stored unheralded $13 purchase in 1989. Not a special wine tonight by any means, but I appreciate the correct, full herbal cabernet fruit and olives, and a dollop of oak-y roundness. Oakville-sourced cabernet, clearly. Bottle #12 of twelve. (2501 views) | | Tasted by jon_goodman1 on 9/27/2010 & rated 83 points: Dark fruits like plums , blueberry's, currants and no tannins on the nose. Inital taste is plusm with a menthol flavor and no real finish. I should have drunk the wine 10 years earlier (2445 views) | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 11/21/1990 & rated 90 points: With MPL and BLR at late lunch at Prego the day before Thanksgiving. Good medium ruby color. Excellent nose dominated by cocoa and licorice. Complex. Eucalyptus on the palate. Much like a Heitz Martha’s. Fine bottle and a good value. 5-12-16-7: 90/100. (207 views) |
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https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2018/11/big-red-petit-verdot-for-serious-sipping.htmlCabernet 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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