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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Raywilliams420 on 4/16/2024 & rated 90 points: After a 3 hour decant this wine still had a “nose”. Still smell slight alcohol An slight vanilla notes Smell a lil bit of licorice Taste is subtle with slight red fruits with some tart red fruit flavors. . Reallly soft tannins with some nice mouth watering acidity (81 views) | | | Tasted by budosyu on 9/11/2021 & rated 86 points: Notes of cassis and espresso/extra dark chocolate. Similar on the palate with decent body and acidity. Tannins dry and bitter like an extra dark chocolate. This seemed to obscure the underlying fruit. Perhaps over extraction and aging in some heavily toasted barrels? I usually enjoy aged pine ridge quite a bit but disappointed by this bottle. Unsure if this is a bad bottle or representative of a typical bottle. My bottle definitely needed an extra charred fatty steak (which sadly I didn't have). (548 views) | | | Tasted by Tarpon222 on 6/18/2016 & rated 89 points: This was enjoyable for an aged wine. Surprised (1501 views) | | | Tasted by mlawren1 on 5/1/2009 & rated 88 points: A bit of barn yard up front, tastes more like a mature pinot at firsts but it opens up into a tasty mouthful of cherries and plums. Finishes with a bit of earth and chocolate. (3546 views) | | | Tasted by kuentz bas on 1/15/2008 & rated 85 points: drink now...still enjoyable but not much left (3899 views) | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 9/26/2003 & rated 92 points: Tasted in double-blind fashion at Vintage Wines, Ltd. Bottle provided by Ken Johnson. Bright disc. Deep ruby/garnet robe with red rim. Clean nose, showing intense ripe plum, bing cherry, brier and leather aromas. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, with good acidity, medium sweet tannins and similar flavors as for the nose. Long, smooth finish. Drinking beautifully at this point. (3714 views) |
| Pine Ridge 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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