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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.2 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 114 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by King Cab on 12/29/2023 & rated 98 points: Coravin'd in the morning and I knew we were in for a ride. Decanted for dinner 5 hours later and sat in decanter 1 hour.
Deeply colored without any sign visual of age. Nose was pure cassis driven blackberries and black cherry, and I mean black. Incredible. Palate showed a multi-layered array of all things Cab-good: deft fruits of the aforementioned with cedar-box, leather, cassis and creme de menthe. The roundness of mouthfeel was astounding. It was plush and elegant and classy all at once. Balance is fantastic and tannins are still present but covered by the layers of fruits so yeah, you get a little of the Iron Fist/ Velvet Glove thing. Longa and true, THIS is exactly what you sign-up for when you buy these premium Napa Cabernets, and at todays prices, you should get it more often. I place this in the same class as MACDONALD and Bryant Cabernets. Just amazing. (1085 views) | | | Tasted by sayward on 11/8/2023 & rated 95 points: Did a 30min decant and put back in bottle and brought to a restaurant. A ton of sediment in the bottle, so might be smart to have a filter on hand. Very dark in color. Nose is amazing. In a really good window at the moment. (1108 views) | | | Tasted by Omar Khayyam on 8/20/2023 & rated 94 points: The book club attacks Tolstoy's War and Peace with a multitude of perspectives (Sörmland, lake Båven): Delicious Napa Cab that manages to be both full of sweet cassis, some chocolate and some fresh laurel leaves but also fresh and fine (not too big body and everything in one place). Still not developed any tertiary notes but expressive and great food pairing. (1399 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 7/30/2023 & rated 93 points: As delicious as the last bottle. (1192 views) | | | Tasted by BigTex22 on 5/16/2023: This is drinking really well. Should continue to show well for many more years. (1418 views) | | | Tasted by hoservin on 12/27/2022 & rated 93 points: Decanted for one hour. Nose of ripe blackberry, currant, chocolate, spice and forest floor. Black fruit, chocolate, spice, graphite and crushed rock on the palate. Very long, dry finish. Beautifully balanced. Full bodied. Served with a Swedish smorgasbord. (1470 views) | | | Tasted by BigTex22 on 11/26/2022: Really nice. Threw some sediment. Still lots of fruit. (1857 views) | | | Tasted by 2 Utes on 9/29/2022 & rated 94 points: Just a beautiful wine right out of the bottle. This is the first one of my allocation that I have opened. A slight alcohol whiff, but it quickly dissipated Ink slate color. Cherry and blackberry flavors with a slight bit of chalk on the finish. Has some life in the bottle. (1671 views) | | | Tasted by wiscgrad on 9/5/2022 & rated 93 points: first TRB cab was quite distinctive from the rest. linear red fruit and higher acid. (1721 views) | | | Tasted by Backdoctor on 6/19/2022 & rated 94 points: Excellent TRB Cab (1959 views) | | | Tasted by andolini on 5/15/2022 & rated 92 points: Popped and poured. Well balanced, but still youthful with some acidity and tannic structure. Dark red fruit, dark cherry, oak. Well-integrated and pleasant. (1856 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 12/25/2021 & rated 93 points: Delicious ripe blackberry, cassis, oak, and spice on the nose and silky palate with soft tannins on the long juicy finish. (2191 views) | | | Tasted by Jbird73 on 7/12/2021 & rated 94 points: Delicious. Decanted for about an hour. Lovely day 2. All the same there is no need to wait. Enjoy now. Lovely texture. Beautiful balance. Glad I have more to enjoy. (3116 views) | | | Tasted by Phil M1 on 4/30/2021: Just a fabulous cab drinking perfectly right now. Popped and poured with an aerator. (3277 views) | | | Tasted by gharter on 2/23/2021 & rated 93 points: PnP a little tight and tannic. Left for 2 hours and it blossomed. Beautiful nose with black and blue fruits, oak, minerals, graphite and leather.
Loaded with flavor showing black fruits, mineral, anise, graphite, leather.
Medium tannins and a good finish. Showing really well. (3430 views) | | | Tasted by fisk15 on 12/26/2020 & rated 92 points: Christmas dinner wine. Slow ox’d for 9 hrs and I think that was a good decision as the wine still had a nice grip to counter the meal. Black cherry, currant and fine grained tannin on the finish. Entering its early drinking window. (3014 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 12/4/2020 & rated 93 points: Rich sweet cab with integrated fine tannin, lots of currants and cassis and some minerality. Delightful (2966 views) | | | Tasted by tcufletch on 10/2/2020 flawed bottle: Pulled the cork about 4 hours prior to consumption and let sit on the counter and then decanted just before. When pouring into the decanter, there was no overt fruit aroma...uh oh. In the mouth, there were some subtle tertiary flavors of minerals, flint, cedar, but the typical Panek-fruit was mostly non-existent. The acid was stronger here than the other components which pushed me to believe the bottle was flawed. It worked when we drank it with food (filet and sides) but by itself, it wasn't as enjoyable as the bottle should have been. (3275 views) | | | Tasted by Cailles on 9/22/2020 & rated 93 points: Informal dinner, no notes taken. This wine shows sweet, well-defined Napa fruit, minerality, some baking spices on the nose and palate. Medium length, soft texture, a good amount of fine tannins and well-integrated acidity. It has improvement potential in terms of complexity and shedding more of its baby fat but it’s already drinking quite well like many 2012s.
Decanting: No extensive decanting needed but it won’t hurt either. (3644 views) | | | Tasted by gharter on 7/2/2020 & rated 92 points: Had a 1 hour decant, and could have benefitted from more.
Black berry ,oak, minerals, graphite and new leather aromas and flavors. Medium tannins and a good finish. Well balanced. No hurry to open the last bottles. (2691 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 6/27/2020 & rated 92 points: 2 hr decant and open for business. Higher pitched red fruit robust acid/tartness. More tannic backbone than expected and still some tannic grip on the finish. Might have been more well received in a different setting. Suffered from much better competition. Finished 4th out of 4 bottles (2944 views) | | | Tasted by hoservin on 6/19/2020 & rated 93 points: Decanted for 30 minutes. Nose of blackberry, currant, chocolate and forest floor. Black fruit, cocoa, forest floor and fine tannins on the palate. Long finish. Full bodied. Served with grilled portobello burgers. (2522 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_in_HD on 5/20/2020 & rated 92 points: Good, but still a little tight. Might be better in another year or two. (2616 views) | | | Tasted by Tubulus on 5/20/2020: Pretty much the same as my prior note. Rich, thick texture, sweet dark fruits, no heat (reasonable <15% ABV), and good acidity. Super fun to drink. (2548 views) | | | Tasted by wendyinwlv on 2/8/2020 & rated 90 points: two hour decant. It was nice, a bit "bright" for me but everyone else loved it. (2857 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley: 2012 and 2013 (Dec 2014) (10/1/2014)
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Vinous, 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: Terroir Matters - Updated (Nov 2013)
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| Rivers-Marie 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)St. Helena Appellation Napa Valley
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