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| Community Tasting Notes (average 97 pts. and median of 98 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Cablover1982 on 5/3/2024 & rated 98 points: Tasted this Keplinger side by side with Herold Oakville Ranch ‘19.
Both drank so well from 30 minute mark to hour 4! 3 tasters. We all tasted very similar notes: Huge purplish black fruit, super Structured
Loads of cardamom, cloves, crushed rocks, cinnamon sticks, and mountain minerals! Depth and layers on both wines were memorable. I have a bunch of Herold OVR, I’d be sure to get some more Keplinger.
DJ if you are reading this: heck of a wine brother. Loved it. Cheers my man! (218 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 11/18/2023 & rated 98 points: It's been over a year since I've tasted this wine and happened to be along side the 19 Keplinger Vine Hill Ranch. The compare and contrast of the higher elevation OVR was fascinating and educational. DJ pointed out to me the elevation of this vineyard is around 1K' feet. The firmer tannins and darker fruit are the biggest difference between the two. Structural and stylistically sharing a lot of similarities. Both amazing representations of vintage and place.
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98+ (1199 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 8/30/2023: Dark color, heady nose, dark fruits, espresso, graphite, violets. Palate matches with richness, full body, all the layers, big structure. Pretty primary right now, I would hold this and enjoy. (706 views) | | | Tasted by csimm on 4/7/2023 & rated 96 points: A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: 95% Cabernet Sauvignon/4%Cabernet Franc/1% Petit Verdot. More earth and darker fruit mark the Oakville relative to the RBK served beside it. Once again, the elegance and purity of fruit are on full display here. I slightly favored the Oakville for its extra layer of depth and accessibility at the moment compared to the more strung-up RBK. The Oakville finishes with . The are some of the most refined and classy Cabernet Sauvignons that can be found in the Valley. (2979 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 11/12/2022: Wine & Wagyu 4.
Another brilliant 19. One of my favorite Keplinger OVR vintages to date. A very cellar worth wine not to be missed.
175 Cases of total production. (2159 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 10/13/2022 & rated 98 points: Welcome back to Napa lunch with DJ. Angele staff did an amazing job working the table and presenting 2019 RBK & OVR.
Both fall release wines are just killer in 19. Very approachable with slow ox in the bottle. Aromatics off the charts on both of the wines but the edge goes to RBK....today.
Just like the RBK, OVR has silky tannins with incredible freshness and mouthfeel. More mid palate weight.
Cellaring this wine will reward in spades. Helen's Cabernets in 19 are just amazing. I cannot wait to try VHR.
This is a 98 wine for me today. (2384 views) |
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| Keplinger 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)Oakville |
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