2019 Trader Joe's Cabernet Sauvignon Grower's Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 79.5 points

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  9/19/2021 - AZJJ Likes this wine: 82 Points

  This is a VALUE wine... I added a few points for the $4.99 price tag... I found this to be acceptable and enjoyable... and for those who can't afford a better wine... a great deal.
  
  I thought the '18 was better... excellent, for $5! Their "Petit Reserve" '19 Merlot is an enjoyable wine too, for around the same price...

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  2/5/2021 - Jon Harrison wrote: 78 Points

  I love the Trader Joe's organic wines in this series. This Cabernet is okay. Not great. Not terrible. The whites tend to be better.
  
  Color: Medium dark ruby.
  
  Nose: Generic currant, cassis Cabernet aromas. Sl marred by cheap oak treatment.
  
  Pal: Medium-full body. Dry. Light tannin. No complexity (central valley grapes?) Flavors again marred by cheap oak treatment.
  
  $6 and organically grown grapes. Passable, barely. But, come on, Trader Joe's team, you can do better than this.
  
  ***The 2019 Merlot is the best red in this series, in this vintage.***

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  11/3/2020 - BHRH Does not like this wine: 70 Points

  simply awful - slightly oxidized nose, astringent palate with at best herbal notes, astringent finish. We drank this shortly after purchase, so this was not a matter of poor storage (by us). Sadly one of the worst TJ wines we've ever had!

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