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| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2026 (based on 1 user opinion) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Flemboy on 7/26/2023 & rated 93 points: Opened and let sit for an hour. Nose that had black fruit and mint, touch of oak.
First taste was very fruit forward with currant and herbs. Would Paired well with a fatty protein. Could use a few more years on the wino-calendar (300 views) | | | Tasted by Cac543 on 4/2/2022 & rated 92 points: Full bodied; fruity; drinkable now but should age nicely (742 views) | | | Tasted by Echodog on 8/8/2021 & rated 86 points: Not a fan. This is the 2nd bottle I purchased. Pours to a nice ruby red color, but after that it had nothing. Muddled aromas and nothing to talk about flavors. No complexity or style. Can’t say I’m buying another. (786 views) |
| Courtney Benham 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)Stags Leap District Stags Leap District |
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