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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 70 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 11/24/2023: Garnet color. Black berry, black cherry aroma. Drinking GREAT at pnp, light plum. Drink to 2030.
Hmm, hours later…gets lively, maybe only drink to 2027. Fresh, but earthy. Showing maturity. Earthiness as root beer (as opposed to new new oak as root beer). Mature raspberry kombucha, light tannin. Fine, but mature and fading. Crush the last btls quickly with food amongst friends…
Day 2…or maybe not. Comes back to a solidly enjoyable frame for drinking. Fruit pulls up in front. Cherry blossom and blackberry. Lots of freshness. Aromas would get a couple extra points over the palate. (169 views) | | | Tasted by Glenn Gilbert on 11/6/2020 & rated 89 points: 14.5% alcohol; real cork with a maximum of 2 cm wine penetration, heavy-weight foil; medium duration legs, very dark purple; opened and kept in the fridge for 18 hours before tasting; vinturied and tasted at approximately 14 degrees C; nose of sweet/sour cherries, peaches, carrots, radishes, earth; full bodied, middle/sides of the tongue hit by a tangy, almost prickly, rush, embedded in softened tannins, a complex/layered wine with dark earth undertones, not especially fruit forward; unassertive medium to long finish; pair with beef or pork, preferably smoked on a gas or charcoal grill, or with alternating chunks of meat and vegetables grilled/smoked on skewers (1205 views) | | | Tasted by wineshaman on 2/27/2016 & rated 89 points: This bottle followed the 07 Caymus, decanted and tasted, very rich and concentrated, loads of dark jammy fruit, hints of sweet vanilla, still some tannins and yes some life. Drink soon! (4139 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 7/15/2015 & rated 90 points: Drinks very well right now, rich, ripe, but not overdone. It has gotten to age 8 very well. Good value, still room to improve. (4394 views) | | | Tasted by EMark on 5/27/2014: Big pungent nose showing off some berry aroma but a lot of oak bouquet. Velvety smooth on the tongue. I takes a few seconds to detect the fruit--maybe blueberry, maybe currants. A bit of detectable drying tannin on the tongue edges and the back of the throat, but, still, an easy wine to drink. A great food wine. I had it with grilled blue cheese-stuffed rolled flank steak. While this is an excellent wine today, I would not encourage anyone to leave this one in the cellar for very much longer. (5348 views) | | | Tasted by Kennyr on 5/27/2013 & rated 87 points: Mineral nose and a little off blance. Not altogether terrible and with some time in the glass complimented a nice NY strip steak pretty well. More meineral than fruit IMHO. (6606 views) | | | Tasted by Comte de Rousset on 4/22/2013 & rated 88 points: Prêt à boire. Un peu boisé, tannins souples, fruit confituré, cerise. Agréable avec de la mimolette. (5444 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 10/27/2012: I've missed quite a few of these bottles along the way. Maintenance Cabernet in its better form. Bright acid on blackberry up front. Classic with better acid than one would expect. Fruit is first, but a very solid expression. A flushed out Bordeaux style from Napa. (4378 views) | | | Tasted by rickspicks on 9/28/2012 & rated 91 points: A friend brought this to dinner yesterday. Did not take notes, but I was very impressed. Rich, deep cabernet flavors of dark fruits, cedar, spice and earth with a firm, but not sharp, texture and a very nice, medium to long finish. This was a very pleasant surprise as it drinks much better than its pedigree. 91-92. (2259 views) | | | Tasted by TheSohs on 5/19/2012 & rated 91 points: His was such a fun wine. Lush nose blackforest and fruit. So many flavors and notes with every sip. Dark fruit, olive, cedar, oak and chocolate notes. Velvety mouthfeel with a lovely long lingering finish. Delicious. (2092 views) | | | Tasted by MoreWinePlease on 1/17/2012 & rated 91 points: Rich,ripe and w/sweet oak and a fat mid palate of cassis/berry fruit and medium finish. Good on its own. (5120 views) | | | Tasted by Baron Slick on 1/1/2012 & rated 89 points: Dark ruby. Black currants, blueberries, pepper, and cocoa on the nose. Full-bodied and smooth textured. Earthy flavors of cherries and currants give way to chocolate on the finish. Good potential. (2389 views) | | | Tasted by DGray on 12/13/2011: Very good. Getting better. Age a bit more (4396 views) | | | Tasted by Baron Slick on 11/22/2011 & rated 90 points: Inky purple. Woody aromas of cassis, black fruit, and spice. Full body, supple texture, and understated tannins. Generous, lively, and balanced. (1025 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 10/31/2011: Opens up with thoughts of bright WA State style fruit to the nose, a la jolly rancher and tobacco. And just keeps on getting better. This has been a working great as an above average maintainence wine, but i'm starting to like this enough myself to want to stash away what's left. (4498 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Sparty on 9/9/2011 & rated 89 points: Decanted for an hour or so, but poured one glass right after popping the cork. Aromas were initially plum & blackberry with leather, but the fruit went more to a black cherry smell. A slight hint of pine on the nose, but not too bad or overwhelming. A pretty light tasting Cab, with cherry flavors, but still would hint towards a darker blackberry taste; also some drying tannins at the end. I don't think I see this getting any better, and actually don't see it lasting more than a couple years. (6143 views) | | | Tasted by ininov on 8/22/2011 & rated 89 points: Overall very balanced wine. Medium finish. Traces of berries. (3833 views) | | | Tasted by xboomer on 5/12/2011 & rated 88 points: Time to sit down with a glass of Cab and some bread & cheese. Pretty good Cab for the price. (6969 views) | | | Tasted by xboomer on 4/21/2011 & rated 87 points: Not bad for $22 (6669 views) | | | Tasted by KeyMaster on 4/16/2011 & rated 92 points: Caraffé pendant environ 3 heures. Prêt à boire, beaucoup de corps, peu de tannin. Vraiment très agréable. (2748 views) | | | Tasted by nzinkgraf on 3/7/2011: drank with kelly and kyle looking at pics from his guatemala trip. such an inviting nose. round and fruity without being too big and hedonistic. dare i say, 'this is what wine should smell like'? not the most complexity, just a wine of fruit and substance. delicious. (3970 views) | | | Tasted by Filmshootr on 2/22/2011 & rated 90 points: This bottle surprised us...bought at whole foods on "sale" so we popped and poured into a decanter but didn't wait. It was decent initially and got much better the second glass from the decanter bout 30-40 min later. Opened up nicely, not as big as some cabs but still held it's own... fruit came out and nice finish. Will give the next btl an hour in the decanter and see how it does! (5551 views) | | | Tasted by MXL on 2/22/2011 & rated 91 points: Deep rich cab, dark berries and GBP. Nicely integrated. Could still sit awhile longer 5+ years. (3819 views) | | | Tasted by mikev101 on 1/9/2011 & rated 92 points: WOW...drinking so good right now...smooth, silky and a wonderful nose of cocoa dust, dark cherries and licorice. mild tannins and acidity low... (5744 views) | | | Tasted by CorneilleLoiseau on 1/2/2011: Ce vin possédait un bon équilibre avec un fruit assez présent. En bouche, bien heureux de tombé sur un vin État-Uniens rouge pas trop sucré et avec une très bonne longueur. Ce vin, bien que ne m'ayant pas fait chaviré me réconcilie un peu avec les vins États-Uniens. 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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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