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| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2029 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DDicaprio on 1/18/2024 & rated 90 points: Full bodied, tannic, with a short finish. (188 views) | | | Tasted by DDicaprio on 6/6/2022 & rated 91 points: This wine is big. Still tight, but good. Opened too soon. (853 views) | | | Tasted by Earl Taylor on 12/10/2021 & rated 91 points: Rich, dark and fruity. A little light on the finish. (1113 views) | | | Tasted by iamandyc on 8/21/2021 & rated 92 points: Drank over 2 nights and improved throughout. It is a nice 2017 with good dark fruit and medium body. Also has a nice streak of red fruit running through it and a good herbal note on a smooth finish. Some bitter dark chocolate notes as well. Overall pretty noice bottle. (1432 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 12/20/2020 & rated 91 points: Dark blackish garnet colored, full bodied, intense concentrated forward black fruits accented by notes of menthol, cedar, cinnamon and clove spices with hints of cassis and leather on a bright acidic finish. Will probably settle and be a bit more approachable with some time.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2020/12/kinsella-dry-creek-valley-cabernet-2017.html (1928 views) | | | Tasted by cephomer on 11/6/2020 & rated 91 points: Drank blind at Xtremo tasting Wednesday nite. Shy nose at outset, turning into became more pronounced over time, showing strong aromas of black fruit, vanilla & spice. Dark purple core, full bodied wine. Loads of black fruit, cassis and spice. Big, bold, masculine, powerful wine. A bit hot, but not disturbingly so. Some saw some earthiness; not I. I didn't find much overall complexity, but it was a pleasure to drink--particularly with food. I drank this wine over past few nites and it got better and better as it mellowed. I would def decant next time. (2740 views) | | | Tasted by EpochMD on 5/3/2020 & rated 91 points: I’m a bit torn here - started out quite tight and a bit acidic, notes of raspberry predominate - became much better and more expressive with darker blueberry and a full body rounding things off; day 2 brings more tannin into the mix, darker fruit lingers in the background, but doesn’t have quite the finesse of 2016; going to leave that to vintage variation. That being said - still haven’t delved into the Jersey Boys and Heirloom Vineyards yet. Holding my remaining Spencer for at least a year though. (2598 views) |
| Kinsella Estates 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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