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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2020 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by merryberry on 3/13/2024 & rated 93 points: Still holding its magenta color. Spicy and woody nose. Fresh red and blue fruit, white pepper, sweet tannins, and a great medium to long finish. Wonderful. (63 views) | | | Tasted by merryberry on 4/9/2022 & rated 93 points: Inky magenta. Spice, cassis, and leather nose. Full bodied, spicy blackberries, earthy cherries, rich rounded tannins, sage, great balance, and a long finish. This was very nice on nights 1 and 2, but on night 3 it transformed into a delicious monster of a cab. (188 views) | | | Tasted by merryberry on 12/13/2020 & rated 91 points: No bricking, blueberry pie and Blackberry compote, lots of small grain tannins, and a long finish. Plenty of time left. (264 views) | | | Tasted by Buck naked on 11/7/2014 & rated 87 points: Light nose on this. Light to medium body, with a bit of leather, not much though. Also picking up some green plum and cherry. Very mild for a cab, but nice none the less. Medium tannins and a medium finish. This would not hold up to a big rib eye but went well enough with a veal shank and is very nice on its own. (1651 views) | | | Tasted by klezman on 3/16/2014: Medium body, fruity, balanced. Good on its own or with food but probably not enough structure for a steak. (3478 views) |
| 2009 Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma CountyVarietal Composition: 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Malbec.
Alcohol: 14.0%
pH: 3.56Cabernet 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountySonoma CountySonoma Coast |
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