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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by CheapAndBest on 2/15/2024: Drank over 2 hours - with leftovers
* First with a 15 minute double decant. Purple fruit, acidity, and tannins. Middle and After-taste a bit disjointed - maybe tannins. Happened to be eating citrus-dressed radicchio salad - but that didn't seem to clash at all
* After 2 hours with Moroccan lentil stew (cinnamon, saffron, sausage, bay leaves, etc). Fruit toned down. More umami vs acidic. But did not develop length - not sure if the tannins resolved
1st of two cases. So will be interesting to see the evolution. If this is from THE Russian River vineyard that demands 7-10 years of cellaring- will be fun!
But right now I would open and serve with with a short decant as a fruit+acid cabernet ...if I needed to...
Oh yes - and I had a small glass of left over decent Chianti Riserva (from a couple of days ago - but vac-u-vined and in fridge). Different wines, but, at a broad level, this one had a lot more complexity than the Chianti. (564 views) | | | Tasted by Armando B on 2/1/2023 & rated 90 points: I believe this is my first RRV cab ever. Blind, I would have guessed modern styled bdx, and maybe right bank. Dark fruit with a coffee note. Medium + bodied. Still pretty tightly wound. I would guess it needs at least 3 years to hit its better drinking window. Interesting. (1477 views) | | | Tasted by jonboy74 on 8/8/2021: Earlier reviewers must have had a bottle that hadnt yet settled. Opened one today and at PnP it had a lovely nose of dark fruit, red plum and blackberry. There was a nice level of acidity and noticeable fine tannins but it was a bit out of balance. Even at 14.6% ABV there was no noticeable alcoholic heat. Will update my review over the course of the next 3 days, but I expect this to come together nicely.
UPDATE 1 - 3 hrs in, the acid has become more prominent, it is moving in the wrong direction. Interestingly, I mixed this with OG 51 and it made for an excellent blend, better than both individually! Will post another update for Day 2. Removing my score for now, until we see where this is going. (3701 views) | | | Tasted by JamesCRoberts on 2/21/2021 & rated 85 points: Flat. Not blalanced. (3662 views) | | | Tasted by JamesCRoberts on 2/14/2021 & rated 75 points: Decidedly unappealing. It tastes flat, has a lousy mouth feel, no tannins to speak of. It tastes like watered down fruit juice. This really makes me question the judgement of De Negoce. (3481 views) | | | Tasted by cyc on 12/29/2020 & rated 86 points: Not good. Very purple hued, grapey, and primary. Lacking in acid and balance. A disappointment given the supposed producer. Hard to see this one coming around. (3289 views) |
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de Negoce has now also opened a bottle shop where you can purchase individual bottles. You must buy in tranches of 6 or 12 and the price per bottle is higher than if you bought the "futures" case. 2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.72This is a gorgeous and expressive Cabernet Sauvignon. A rare varietal in the Russian River Valley, this Cabernet benefits from the same goldridge and altamont soils that make the Russian River Valley such an incredible growing region for Pinot Noir. In fact, you can argue this has to be some of the best soil in the Russian River if it can succeed with Cabernet in such a cool region. Its fully ripe at 14.6% with one of the most expressive and lively noses you'll find on the north coast. With 93+- to 96-point scores from the Enthusiast and Vinous between 2013 and 2017 (if you align with Antonio Galloni and Virginie Boone's critical palates, you'll love this wine), you could put this in Napa Valley and triple its $65 tag (winery price). At $228/case, its an incredible opportunity to own one of the prettiest Cabernet's in the state and one that will age phenomenally over the next 10-15 years. Yeah, you could argue that its not the normal 80+ percent off but I wanted this one and paid asking price in a market that supported anything but. If you like energy in your Cabernet, don't miss this one - I'm not.
Deep and inky in the glass with an ultraviolet purple rim that stains the glass with iridescence. Explodes from the glass with soaring cassis and black cherry notes wrapped in sweet florals, crushed volcanic rock and red clay. With air, blueberry jam and fresh tobacco leaf join the fray. Immaculately balanced, its dances across the palate with black currant and dark chocolate haloed by tobacco notes. Fantastic!
98.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1.5% Merlot
50% new French oak (Taransaud) but perfectly integrated
14.5% alcohol, 3.64 pH
Bottled October 1st, 2020
125 cases available 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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