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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96.5 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Millennial Drinkers on 2/9/2022 & rated 95 points: At the time of tasting this bottle and the other reds had been open for around 7 hours. Third of the red wines is the 2018 1 Post. Only 230 cases made. Deep ruby red. Tons of cinnamon and vanilla on the nose with some cassis in the back. Smooth and well rounded, drinking very well with the decant time. Medium tannins (6/10) with a full body. Similar notes on the palate with a hint of bell pepper in the long finish. Drink till 2040. (1250 views) | | Tasted by AGELVIS on 1/6/2022 & rated 96 points: Five hour slow ox. Very deep dark magenta color. Black cherry, plum, and caramel on the nose. Very smooth and very tongue drying palate. Firm, fine tannins on the longish finish.
This is too young to really judge, but the nuts and bolts of a great wine are there. The score is based on potential and will likely be even better with time and air. (1560 views) | | Tasted by jimyeni on 10/12/2021: Slightly bitter, astringent and backward at this point, not rating at this point (1376 views) | | Tasted by Cyclist on 7/17/2021 & rated 100 points: Oh wow. This is incredible. The 2016 is one of my favorite wines when decanted but the 2018 takes the 2016, throws it in the back seat and grabs the wheel. This is such a restrained, elegant presentation that still has that Napa power and melds so well with a noticeablly youthful, yet silky, tannic backbone that supports this piece of poetry with perfection. It really starts to fire on all cylinders after a good dose of air. Even though it’s still relatively young as a 2018, I’m fighting the urge to open more. (1887 views) |
| Crocker & Starr Producer website 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)St. Helena Appellation Napa Valley The single vineyards on weinlagen-info |
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