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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.6 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by racerchris on 3/18/2022 & rated 90 points: Decanted. Good deep color with no bricking. Red berries with dried herbs and some cedarwood. Nice old wine but lacking substance. Better with food. Held up for 4 hours without flagging. (539 views) | | | Tasted by KenK on 8/15/2020 & rated 90 points: A lean firm wine, yet with really rich red raspberry essence. Dry with some savory qualities. Really nice, dry, slight earthy. Nice chewy remains, somewhat faded, but quite good. Thanks Sheldon. (896 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 1/11/2014 & rated 88 points: Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind. Lots of very large scaled, juicy black fruit, but with too much structure. While I'm not concerned that fruit will fade any time soon, I don't see this transforming into a harmoniously integrated wine any time soon either. (3123 views) | | | Tasted by Capybara562 on 5/26/2012 & rated 88 points: Shared over pizza and BBQ for a birthday dinner. This is very smooth now - one person described it as "creamy", since the tannins are now barely a memory. Quite drinkable, but well past its prime. (2683 views) | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 12/7/2008 & rated 89 points: Edward Roberts International Pre-Auction Tasting (Union League Club of Chicago): Edward Roberts International Pre-Auction Wine Tasting. (3888 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 12/7/2008 & rated 89 points: ERI Pre Auction tasting (Union League Club, Chicago IL): nose: nice classic cali cab nose with subtle tones of mint, cedar, and dark red berries. well balanced and nice, but lacking a bit of depth
taste: well balanced medium/light feel with tones of mint, cassis, cedar, dark red berries, and cranberries. Well rounded and evolved with nice flavors and solid complexity, but lacking a bit of depth to take it to that next level
overall: A excellent example of a well aged cali cab. Nice balance and subtlety that harkens to a previous time. This was my first time having a birth year wine and it was a really nice one. Great balance, it would've been nice to spend some time with it to watch it possibly grow and let it show me everything it had to show me (3783 views) | | | Tasted by Claudio161 on 10/26/2008 & rated 87 points: Edward Roberts International Pre-Auction Tasting (Union League Club, Chicago, IL): Nose: Some volatile acids on the initial presentation.
Palate: Some notice of Volatile Acids; Fruits; the V.A.'s again; upon final few tastes, I was able to pull out some decent fruits
Overall: 86-88 Points (3449 views) |
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Diamond Creek Open House and 2015 Release Tasting 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)Diamond MountainDiamond Mountain AVA: definition |
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