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| Drinking window: Drink between 2007 and 2012 (based on 33 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.2 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by maitredgreg2 on 8/21/2014 & rated 94 points: Everyone should have waited until now.
93+ (1624 views) | | | Tasted by earitt on 11/17/2009: Ok. Wouldn't seek out (2850 views) | | | Tasted by Bret on 3/21/2008: Good / Very Good (3165 views) | | | Tasted by rbb100 on 3/3/2008 & rated 86 points: Solid Cabernet; good nose, nice fruit flavors on the palate; a little thin with an average finish. Enjoyable, but not spectacular. (3257 views) | | | Tasted by Bret on 12/10/2007: Tastes like a much older cabernet. Delicious, with very silky mouth feel. (3226 views) | | | Tasted by Vinu on 1/21/2005: Some Cherries, chocolate, nice nose, ruby color (2870 views) |
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Owners: Bill & Susan Arbios
Founded: 1993
Location: Sonoma County, CA
“Winemaking defines the essence of my life; transforming a challenge into a vision of elegance, grace and power.” - Bill Arbios
After a notable winemaking career with many prominent wineries, Bill Arbios fulfilled a longstanding dream of having his own label with the debut of Arbios Cellars in 1993.
Arbios Cellars focuses on a single Bordeaux-style red wine, made from 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon grapes grown in the acclaimed Alexander Valley of Sonoma County.
Placing the emphasis on the terroir, Bill believes in honoring the character of the fruit without over-manipulating the wine. The resulting wines are ripe and intense with rich
plum and cherry flavors and intriguing notes of olive and earth – a style that has been described as a cross between the new and old world.
Arbios Cellars’ production has grown from a mere 125 cases of the 1993 vintage to approximately 3000 cases today. The wine is available in major U.S. markets with
distribution in numerous high-end restaurants and retail shops. In 2000, Bill launched a second label, Praxis, from the Greek word for practice. These wines, priced about
half that of the Arbios label, allow Bill to experiment and practice his craft with new varietals and different terroirs. Although Bill made his reputation making Meritage
blended wines, all of the Arbios and Praxis wines emphasize terroir with more than half made from a single vineyard.2002 Arbios Cabernet SauvignonVarietal Comp: 100%
Alcohol: 13.6
Appellation: Alexander Valley
TA (g/100 ml): 0.68
Brix at Harvest: 24.2
pH: 3.55
Months in Oak: 24
Type of Oak: French
% Malolactic: 100
Res Sugar (g/100 ml): 0.02
Winemaker: Bill Arbios
Production: 1930Cabernet 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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