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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96.9 pts. and median of 97 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 12/15/2022 & rated 95 points: This followed a ‘13 Carter BTK and yet held its own. Young? Yes. Delicious in its own way? Absolutely! Tannins resolved and complimentary, yet surprisingly some oak in play trying to impede the fruit. That being said, it was a first world problem, this was really good from a 375. Red and black fruited, quite balanced, buy 375s if you find ‘em while those 750s slumber. (1645 views) | | | Tasted by SmokeTaint on 9/3/2021 & rated 99 points: drank a half again. my wife loved this wine last time so we had it again!
it’s exceptionally good!
i’m gonna have to buy more
it may be a 100 pointer somewhere 5-10 yrs from now… (2511 views) | | | Tasted by SmokeTaint on 8/21/2021 & rated 97 points: wow! this wine will last forever! opened half bottle, will need to try 750 next (2394 views) | | | Tasted by joshabramson on 11/24/2020 & rated 97 points: Big, inky purple, dense ripe fruit, but actually surprisingly elegant and balanced. I was expecting this might be a bit over the top after seeing the color, but there are quite fine tannins on the finish and the structure holds the wine together nicely. Very good. (3065 views) | | | Tasted by Nipperu on 10/1/2020 & rated 98 points: clear deep purple
Sweet blackcurrants, dark plum, cola
Graphite pencils/wood box,
Tar/burnt rubber
Coconut, toffee, spice
Woody herb: rosemary? Bark?
Saline?
Dry - sweet fruit, vanilla, green character
High fine tannins
Full body but nimble
Med+ acid
Med+ alc - very well balanced. (Actually 14.5!)
Med+ finish
Excellent. Keeps evolving in glass, 3 hour decant. (2382 views) | | | Tasted by OmiyaDrinker on 10/1/2020 & rated 95 points: Tar, burnt rubber, ash, black currant, dark plum, shaved pencil, vanilla turning into toffee, forest floor, moist bark. Delicious fruit on the palate, super intense busting blackberries but with a savoury umami component of animal fat. Very dense in the mid-palate. Components aren't integrated as yet but each of them is sensational. The finish almost rains on your palate. Wow. (3026 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 12/6/2019 & rated 97 points: From a 375, PnP with a decant. Vanilla, crushed blueberries, blueberry cream pie, cigar box, bramble brush. No rough edges, long finish, inky, viscous, great tannin management here, hint of bubble gum on a long finish. Easy 100 WA in 5 years. (3002 views) | | | Tasted by Philip67 on 11/10/2019 & rated 95 points: Gorgeous. Far more integrated than the '17's. Big fruit but still elegant. Spicy vanilla oak. (2431 views) | | | Tasted by dmwilsondvm on 10/25/2019 & rated 98 points: The aromatics on this wine are staggering. Lavender, currant, cigar, blackberry jam, touch of sage. I’m shocked how smooth and balanced this is. Very well done. (1941 views) |
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Vinous, 2017 & 2018 Napa Valley In Depth (Jan 2020) (1/1/2020)
(Diamond Creek Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (2/5/2019)
(Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Gravelly Meadow, Red, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Ronan Sayburn MS
Decanter, Collectible California tasting 2018 (9/20/2018)
(Diamond Creek, Gravelly Meadow, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Producer's Estate Visit - Tasting
Diamond Creek Open House and 2015 Release Tasting Cabernet 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)Diamond MountainDiamond Mountain AVA: definition |
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