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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by BHRH on 9/3/2022 & rated 92 points: I had in my notes to decant one hour, but kept some in the bottle and I thought the un-decanted bottle was better. Currants and smoky oak on the nose. Medium to full-bodied with soft tannins, toasted oak and spicy cassis. Medium-to-long finish. Wife loved it! (512 views) | | | Tasted by winespine on 1/1/2022 & rated 93 points: Served with striploins on NYD. 2nd bottle of 2. Damn, I wish I bought more, but I really didn't know much about it when I bought it. Raised my score from my note on the first bottle. This really is a lovely Napa Valley cab done in a more restrained style. Galerie is a Jackson Family project and the founding winemaker, Laura Diaz Muñoz, previously worked as asst. winemaker some of their high-end properties like Cardinale, and Lokoya. Forest floor, cassis, clove on the palate, this is more of an old school style than a big Napa fruit bomber. It's an excellent food wine. The winemaker has changed from this vintage and I'm curious if the style has remained consistent across newer vintages. (672 views) | | | Tasted by winespine on 4/24/2021 & rated 92 points: As Napa cabs go this is inexpensive, but punched above its weight. We decanted it and served with a beef based appetizer. It's more fruit forward than savoury, but not a fruit bomb at all. The tannins have softened and the oak is nicely integrated. It's in its drinking window, but could easily go another 5 years in the cellar. I only bought 2 bottles, and wish I'd bought more. (879 views) | | | Tasted by JLuch1 on 5/21/2020 & rated 89 points: Not sure what happened here, this time around it was more tart fruit and astringent compared to the last bottle I had, especially within the first hour. Wonder if it is going through a phase and the fruit is hanging out in the background, letting the acidity, alcohol, and terroir lead the charge.
We gave this a decant for about 30 minutes and drank over a couple of hours. It drank its best towards the end of the bottle after hour 2-3. Hopefully it is just a phase and these will drink better in a year. Id decant this for a couple hours if drinking now, to avoid any unpleasantry. Otherwise, maybe wait a year or two? (1395 views) | | | Tasted by JLuch1 on 12/10/2019 & rated 92 points: Consumed over two days (day 2 being poured in to a smaller bottle for storage). Pours deep purple in color with a great bouquet of cherries soaked in vanilla liquor (if there is such a thing). Really nice nose. Wine is still very youthful and would recommend decanting for an hour if you can.
Decently layered on the palate, dark berries, vanilla, some chocolate, probably some baking spices in there too. Wine seems better integrated than a couple years ago, but still has plenty of grip and a nice finish. Really nice and balanced wine.
Day two, much of the same and still recommend decanting for an hour.
That said, this should easily rest in the cellar for 5 years without any trouble. (1487 views) | | | Tasted by msuwine on 7/16/2018 & rated 93 points: This is the 2014’s promising yet brooding older sister - maybe she’s the smarter one who will blossom with time, maybe she’s the grumpier one who will develop a deep love for cats. At the moment, though, the 2013 is less open and inviting than its younger sibling.
Dark purple in color, full in body, nose of sour cherry, cocoa powder, and warm gravel. Tastes of blueberry, raspberry, granite, and cedar, with a warm and lingering finish that carries dusty tannins. 15% alcohol. Give at least an hour decant. 100% Cabernet.
I think the Galerie wines are remarkable values in Napa at the $50 price point - intense, complex, and classy. I have no idea whether this is a Cardinale's "second" wine (made by the assistant winemaker to Carpenter from various sites under a K-J label), but this is awfully good. To be sure, the 2013 carries the inwardness and intensity of the vintage, but I suspect it will be better in another year or so. 92-93 for now. (3329 views) | | | Tasted by Vasily on 10/1/2017 & rated 90 points: old world style which is my preference (2284 views) | | | Tasted by JLuch1 on 8/19/2017 & rated 92 points: Agree with Isaacs notes. Teeth staining rich purple color. Nose is blackberry, cedar, cassis. Palate is rich blackberry, dark chocolate, spices, fennel. 30 second finish.
Opened and decanted. Upon first taste it was very shut down, 2 hours in it showed more character. Was best on day 2. Would recommend forgetting about it in the cellar for few years or give it a long decant.
It is a sophisticated wine that over delivers compared to its cost, but will be better in a few years. (2096 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 8/16/2017: 20 months in barrel, 53% new oak. 60% from Stagecoach Vineyard on Atlas Peak, rest from Diamond Mountain, Howell Mountain, and some valley floor fruit. Medium plus nose shows blackberry, graphite, herbal tones, cassis, baking spice, espresso. Palate is big, complex, dark chocolate, black plum, cigar box, sage, blackberry, medium plus tannins of velvety composure, medium plus alcohol and long finish. Great wine, and for the region, somehow still underpriced given how much quality Napa costs now. (1840 views) | | | Tasted by Millennial Drinkers on 4/12/2017 & rated 92 points: Deep ruby red. Rich and dark nose with layers of cocoa, cassis, dark red berries, dark gravel, tobacco leaves and some dark floral notes. Tannic backbone (7.5/10) and medium plus to full bodied. Layers of black currants, bramble berries, spices, and a hint of eucalyptus or mint in the finish. Dark minerality in the long dry finish. Very young and will definitely improve with time. Drink from 2019 till 2028. (92+) (2086 views) | | | Tasted by Leeinc225 on 12/25/2016: L (1435 views) | | | Tasted by isaacjamesbaker on 12/2/2016 & rated 92 points: Rich purple color. Gorgeous blackberry and cassis, rich but elegant, and deep aromas of violets, cinnamon, vanilla and coffee mixed with dark earthy/spice elements – a lovely combo. Study tannic backbone on this wine but the refreshing acidity keeps it feeling silky. The black currant and blackberry fruit is a big dense at this young age, but shows tons of flavor and lots of potential for further development. I already get a host of cinnamon, charcoal, rocky soil, espresso. A complex and pretty wine that has its best to come. Definitely a winner in this price range of Napa Cabs. Aged 20 months in about half new French oak. (911 views) |
| Galerie 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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