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2020 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon

  • USA
  • California
Drink between 2024 - 2027 (Edit)
CT79.3 7 reviews
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Community Tasting Notes 6

  • ToddR911 Does not like this wine: 75 points

    December 27, 2022 - Barely drinkable. Poured it out. Watery and will not buy again.

  • Twiney wrote:

    November 14, 2022 - Nice with a slight spicy after taste

  • sid_loves_wine Likes this wine:

    January 21, 2022 - Important caveat: I only barely "like" this in the abstract- it's not wildly enjoyable, more like acceptable for mindless drinking. But I do REALLY like the QPR here- it tastes like the average manipulated grocery store recipe red with a bit of confected character, but instead of costing $10 it ends up costing around $3 per bottle in the box. That's genuinely great QPR for what it is. It's several steps up from Charles Shaw, from what I vaguely remember.

    You can definitely sense the bitter, fake oak chips that I definitely don't love, and the fruit feels about half fake, but there's a sense of more "real" fruit and oak here too, a pretty dark cherry tone with some toasty vanilla. There's a little bit of banana laffy taffy going on here sometimes, which sounds really weird and awful but I promise, it's not gross. It's also kind of nicely structured with a little bit of actual acidity, faint though it may be there are wines for three times the price that taste like water. At first the tannins (yes, some tannins!) were a little coarse and out of place, but as it sat on the counter for a week it seemed to mellow out.

    I can't really rate this, especially as I have limited experience with boxed wine, but although this isn't really a good wine, it's more than acceptable for very low budgets and I probably will end up buying it again, especially for mulled wine.

    EDITED TO ADD: bought another box of the same vintage and it's even better. Still confected/manipulated sure, but less bitter this time, more vanilla and vague fruit. Great QPR for the insanely low price.

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  • Virescit Vulnere Virtus Likes this wine: 85 points

    January 15, 2022 - Medium body, juicy, short notes, tart finish

  • jonahfactor Does not like this wine:

    October 13, 2021 - It’s wine. Meh. Pass.

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  • By James Suckling
    3/28/2022 (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2020
  • Type Red
  • Producer Kirkland Signature
  • Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • SubRegion n/a
  • Appellation California
  • UPC Codes 096619046065, 096619046072, 096619176151, 096619501243, 196633948472, 3090089003587, 5061377046065

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
  • In Cellars 40 (18%)
  • Consumed 185 (82%)

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