2017 Castle Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Napa Valley
Community Tasting Note
elevwine Likes this wine:
91 Points
Monday, August 31, 2020 - The $12.99 price tag clearly influences this review. Bought several decent Napa cabs (e.g. Mica) and saw this wine. A “reserve” at this price? Worth a flyer. What you pay for a small snort of anything Napa at your local eatery. Waited a week because I thought it might just be a bad joke by my wine shop. It’s not. Really decent wine, dark fruit, moderate complexity, mocha and cedar notes, some dustiness, medium finish. Frankly a very serious wine at a ridiculously low price. Balance a bit off but still quite good. If you can find this sub-$20, buy lots of it and make it your weeknight wine
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Comment posted by timbobwhite:
1/19/2021 5:19:00 AM - Didn't know they made a 'reserve' bottling. Regular bottling gets play here in Orange, MA (where they filmed the TV series). Around $9.00 or so. Sonoma? as I recall, but a nice weekday wine. I'll keep an eye out for the 'reserve.'
Comment posted by elevwine:
1/21/2021 5:26:00 PM - Live in New England but bought this while working in Wichita. Let me know if you ever see this in the greater Boston area. Well worth the price.
Comment posted by kevrob822:
2/28/2021 10:45:00 PM - Don’t forget, Legally in the USA, “reserve” means absolutely. This wine could be exactly what the “core” bottling is with a new “reserve” label! I’ve had about a case of this and at $13, it’s a Great QPR and a Spectacular Daily Drinker!
NTW, very nice review ELEVINE! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻