2016 Cooper and Thief Cellarmasters Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 87.3 points

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  2/25/2021 - Glenn Gilbert Likes this wine: 89 Points

  16% alcohol; to the winery's credit, they use real, embossed cork and heavy-weight foil; fast legs and very dark (almost black) purple, nose of currants, blackberries, alcohol; opened at room temperature, vinturied, and tasted right afterwards at 26 degrees C; this full-bodied wine, described by the unlikely named owners, Cooper & Thief, as an 'artisan wine' succeeds in that the 6 months of rye whiskey barrel aging don't overwhelm the wine to the same extent that bourbon barrels often do; there are notes of sweetish/dry wood, laced with a rye/vanilla, with generic fruit in the background -- something like a mixture of currants and berries, also some stone fruit, like plums; tannins are present as a factor in the dry wood component but are well balanced by fruit and sweetness; little bitterness in the mix; long finish; pair with hors d'oeuvres cheese or afternoon Torte

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