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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.6 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mxpbuy on 3/21/2020 & rated 93 points: 3 hour decant, and it needed it. Huge wine. Explosive and jammy blackberries and some black cherry fruit. Too much extraction for my taste, but no denying its quality. For others, it was their favorite of the night and they'd give it much higher scores. (1614 views) | | | Tasted by mflesh on 12/22/2018 & rated 95 points: Compared to the other Morlet on the table, this one showed a darker and more condensed profile. I think it's got it all figured out. For that, I say this one edges the other one by a point. They are both beautiful wines. Both have lots of rounded edges, but this one is showing more of a sweet black fruit rich dense core that is powerful from start to finish. Lots of spice engages the middle and gets more of a pepper on the finish. Tannin is definitely still there, but much softer vs the 13. The youth that this wine has vs the condensed structured presentation and hints of age are all well done. I still think this one could sit another 15 years, but this one is really good right now! (2019 views) | | | Tasted by cpl100n on 4/7/2018 & rated 96 points: Could be POP decanted 1 hour due to date night
Lush forward fruit soft tannins still youthful
Only 3 bottles left (2357 views) | | | Tasted by Griffeyfan04 on 2/19/2017 & rated 98 points: Really youthful still with some sweet oak and tannins still there. Smells of blueberry and blackberry currants and leather. A full bodied wine with good texture that should be left alone for a few more years to come into its own (3484 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 6/22/2014 & rated 92 points: A massive wine with bountiful blackcurrant and rich fruit. Succulent with a generous helping of sweet vanilla, smooth tannin and a long and sustantial finish. Really too young with primary characteristic right now. (5334 views) | | | Tasted by Lowhandicapper on 4/14/2014 & rated 92 points: Full bodied and big with a hint too much alcohol but a pleasant finish. (4477 views) | | | Tasted by Niagara on 10/1/2012 & rated 95 points: Rich, full, beautifully crafted. Excellent wine. (6205 views) | | | Tasted by CK6865 on 9/10/2012 & rated 95 points: Decanted for 5 hours , last bottle of this I have, wish I had more ,overall a very great wine ,great nose , great long finish, just a great wine (5478 views) | | | Tasted by CK6865 on 5/16/2012 & rated 95 points: Decanted for 4 hours , great pour , with a great ,great nose, very smooth tasting with lots of dark berries, great long finish ,overall a great wine. (4958 views) | | | Tasted by rdrunner on 4/6/2011 & rated 97 points: Great wine (4762 views) | | | Tasted by winegr on 4/3/2011: Very nice wine no doubt, but I don't see the Parker score at all. I'd probably give this low-90s to lower-mid 90s. Better than the 2009 barrel sample, which came across as smooth and fruity, but not as silky and interesting as the 2008. (4074 views) | | | Tasted by burgcamel on 2/17/2011 & rated 98 points: This is an excellent wine although very young and tight but still fun to drink now. It has a very dark berry flavor with a little coffee. (3737 views) | | | Tasted by JJB007 on 2/10/2011 & rated 99 points: wow- excellent- we are ordering more (3893 views) | | | Tasted by pizzler on 4/17/2010 & rated 91 points: 2010 California Barrel Tasting (Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Washington DC): softer tannins, silky taste, fruit wasn't as as intense as I anticipated, but it could be as much because it was so smooth (4314 views) |
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JebDunnuck.com, Brilliance From Sonoma (6/5/2018)
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Vinous, Vintage Retrospective: The 2008 Napa Valley Cabernets (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
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Vinous, May/June 2010, IWC Issue #150
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| Morlet Family 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)Oakville |
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