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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Franken Berry on 4/15/2023 & rated 92 points: I have purchased this wine in most years, mostly because I like the neighborhood it grows up in. As others have noted, it usually isn’t one of the highlights of the portfolio. I am trying to remember to drink these wines young, as I have found that many Mike Smith cabs go into early hibernation.
This wine was readily approachable with a splash decant and a vigorous swirl (think college chemistry lab). Darker fruits- cassis and luxardo cherries,nice touches of oak, minerals and spice. Balanced with nice density. Not as heavy or alcohol dominant as some MS wines in their youth.
It had a short finish, that my wife described as “funky” and she sent me back to the wine cellar for “something better”. - normally I would add a major point deduction, based on such a request, but I enjoyed it, probably more than previous vintages (1291 views) | | | Tasted by michigan dogs on 4/12/2023 & rated 94 points: excellent, well balanced, Better than a 2116 beckstoffer I recently had. Some posters insist on drinking Mike Smith wines early. True in this case (809 views) | | | Tasted by DougSamuel on 6/1/2022 & rated 93 points: Rich and velvety wine. Complex nose of anise, granite, and cinnamon, followed with Chambord and luxardo cherries.
Creamy, full body with taste is creamy, vanilla, and red velvet cake. It reads a little heavy at this early stage. Not quite the purity of fruit or 'zip' to go higher, but exceptionally easy to drink. (1328 views) |
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| Quivet Cellars 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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