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| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2028 (based on 27 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by vitroman on 8/13/2023 & rated 91 points: Great wine botttle after bottle. (187 views) | | | Tasted by vitroman on 3/6/2023 & rated 91 points: Cassis, earth and chocolate on the nose and palette. Very round and drinking great. (275 views) | | | Tasted by LEEJV123 on 6/25/2022 & rated 90 points: Medium full body, round, long. (531 views) | | | Tasted by vitroman on 3/4/2022 & rated 91 points: Delicious wine. Once it opened up, there was raspberry coulis and mocha on the nose and palette. Medium bodied wine, but still paired well with steak the first night and drank well with Asian meatballs the second night. Glad that I can look forward to opening six more bottles of this wine! (757 views) | | | Tasted by vitroman on 10/21/2021 & rated 92 points: Love this wine. blueberry and raspberry on the nose along with a slight earthy character. Long finish, a great value at $24. (966 views) | | | Tasted by vitroman on 6/8/2021 & rated 91 points: Drank at morry’s 75th birthday celebration at our house. Blueberry and raspberry on the nose and palette with a little earth and coconut finish. (1098 views) | | | Tasted by Jdog on 3/8/2021 & rated 90 points: One used to be able to buy the 15' and 16' Hardin for $20-$22 per bottle, and at that price it was an incredible bargain. At $25-$30 for the 2018 the value proposition has slipped quite a bit. However, considering that most sub-$30 Cali Cabs seems to me to be generic, spoofilated plonk these days, this wine is still worth considering for its tasty, fruit-forward character which is presented in a refreshingly restrained style. Recommended. (1113 views) | | | Tasted by tomoem on 3/7/2021 & rated 89 points: I am so shocked. Initial aromatics were purple fruits and underdeveloped aromas of the same fruits. Fresh ..... YES ! Youthful .....YES !
In mouth initial notes were the same. After 30 minutes this wine began to perform. Sweet blueberry, plum skin set within a tannic expression. Finish is lingering strawberry fruit and plum.
Not great but also ..... not bad. Drink now
This wine is really amazing after an hour. (907 views) | | | Tasted by ihusted on 2/27/2021: Delicious. Worth getting again. Got it at West End Wine. (605 views) |
| 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)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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