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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by cubswinws on 12/27/2023 & rated 91 points: Decent though not great Napa cab. Good fruit up front but falls away quickly. (513 views) | | Tasted by AGELVIS on 10/28/2023 & rated 92 points: Four hour decant. Very very deep ruby magenta color. Blueberry, plum, gingerbread, and dandelion. Modestly tongue dry, slightly chalky palate. Firm, full, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.
This falls into that good, but not great category. The palate came across flat due to what seemed like low acidity. Maybe another year or two will show improvement. (1327 views) | | Tasted by crcarlson on 8/5/2023 & rated 93 points: big valley floor cult cab, delicious, drink in 5 (729 views) | | Tasted by makenzie_sue_ on 3/24/2023: Dry could use a couple years aging Cracked pepper, bell pepper, leather (968 views) | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 11/16/2022 & rated 92 points: PnP. Quite viscous. Not showing a ton, but clearly there is fruit in abundance just waiting to bust out. Big wine. 5-13-16-8: 92/100. (1588 views) | | Tasted by mrsl500 on 8/11/2022 & rated 93 points: Dark, Great nose. PNP, Initially tight. After 45 min. much improved. Balanced, Tannins subsided, structure good till end. Nice to try. 93-94. (1307 views) | | Tasted by ba.spartan on 3/7/2021: I can actually hold it in my mouth without it burning or wanting to spit it out. (2542 views) |
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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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