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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Nelsongwinn on 3/31/2024 & rated 95 points: Nice long finish (242 views) | | | Tasted by ONEFIVE on 8/18/2023: Nose is clean and red fruited.
bright and reminiscent of pinot noir oddly enough.
The palate is quite pleasant medium weight, med acid, high tannin.
Maybe a tinge of smoke on the finish.
Not bad but not great. Maybe better with air.
Apart from the tannin profile oyu could convince me this is pinot. (1095 views) | | | Tasted by Wine in the Woods with Beth on 8/2/2023: Perfection (794 views) | | | Tasted by Wine in the Woods with Beth on 6/28/2023: Outstanding (852 views) | | | Tasted by Blackwa on 5/14/2023 & rated 93 points: Young but still very drinkable. (822 views) | | | Tasted by mckillop on 5/14/2023 & rated 91 points: Drink young! It’s yummy today. You can taste the impact from the fires. Pleasant today but no one really knows how it will go long term in the bottle. (1020 views) | | | Tasted by Wine in the Woods with Beth on 4/23/2023: Beautiful. A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc. (494 views) | | | Tasted by Matt62 on 4/8/2023 & rated 93 points: Full body, ripe tannins, and nice length on finish. Ruby/plum, black fruit, -rap hit, iron, and spicy wood. Young will get better with time. (525 views) | | | Tasted by BigBoy_Sonoma on 4/1/2023 & rated 86 points: Red druit, bit green veggies, cedar, acidity, minerality, herbal notes, finishes with some tea and oak. It’s lite overall. A bit underwhelming. B (86) (556 views) |
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Decanter, Napa Valley Cabernet 2020 vintage report (4/3/2023)
(Larkmead Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/3/2023)
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JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley’s 2020s and 2021s (2/16/2023)
(Larkmead Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Napa Valley: The Frantic 2020s & Stunning 2021s (Feb 2023) (2/1/2023)
(Larkmead Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) Napa Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (9/13/2022)
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JamesSuckling.com (9/13/2022)
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| Larkmead Vineyards 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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