It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix. Here is a delicious one from Red Mountain.
Purple in color with a wide reddish rim.
Elegant nose with blue and black fruits, light cedar, light earth and chocolates notes.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, dried figs, light cedar, licorice, light vanilla, tobacco, peppercorn, espresso, chocolates and earth.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This is a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain. Elegant and rich. Complex, spicy and entertaining.
This 8 year old Cabernet is drinking close to its peak. Fruit forward and easy drinking right out of the bottle, and will continue to age nicely in the next 7 years. Has good potential to become a 94 point wine.
Showing a great mouthfeel with nice balance and elegance. Interesting enough to drink by itself and talk about.
Wine Enthusiasts 91 points. Wine Advocate 93 points.
Good by itself as a sipping wine, or with food like a nice piece of steak.
A blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Cabernet Franc. Aged in all new French oak barrels for 22 months.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$80. — 4 months ago
Nice desert wine , hazelnut honey a touch of citrus. Very nice desert wine . Not to sweet . 14.5 percent alcohol. We had at felsina winery . — 7 months ago
The winery is the only one situated on the Cartizze Hill.
They only make Valdobbiadene Docg and Cartizze Docg.
Manula harvesting is the only option on these slopes, not like they do on the flatland of the Prosecco DOC.
That results in an intense and unique expression for every label, but we reach the epitome with Her Majesty Cartizze.
The only Cru around here.
The traditional Dry version(24 g sugar per litre) is absolutely textural and balanced by the mineral finish that hides completely the sweetness that you would expect.
Extremely long.
This is prosecco on steroids(does that sound good or bad??)
Excellent drop!! — 9 months ago
Super concentrated & quite aromatic. Salty beach pebbles, ripe apricots, but also a bit of salted caramel, tarte tatin and a lot of rocky, salty minerality. Intriguing.
Quite unctuous & rich on the palata, but also very fresh - zingy acidity, salty minerality countering the richness. This is definitely a food wine… but such an interesting one. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I love it! — 2 years ago
Drank last night and don’t remember the full profile but damn good. Good fruit with very subtle to nonexistent tannins. Good length. Last bottle and better than last one opened. Drink 2005 brunellos now. — 5 years ago
Shoe leather on the nose. Red fruit on the front. Light tannic structure. Not much body. What body there is fades on the end. Short finish. Except for the slight scent of mouldy shoe leather on the nose, there’s nothing objectionable about this wine, but it’s weak and watery and without much character. Meh. But wait!…
I left the remainder in the bottle, and 24 hours later it had developed quite nicely. The nose had developed into unripe cherries—losing the moldy leather smell. Red fruit developed on the front, and the tannic structure improved. And it developed a longer finish. I upped my rating from an 8.6 to 9.0.
— 2 months ago
Crisp minerality and stone fruit. Paired with sea bass and halibut. — 5 months ago
Byo dinner — 7 months ago
Plum and cranberry with a plush mouthfeel upfront and a slightly dry finish. Delicious! — 4 years ago
Light-bodied with berries and licorice on the finish. Quite enjoyable. Buy again. — 3 months ago
Smooth and gentle. Good persistence from start to finish. Good food wine. — 4 months ago
Vintage 2020 | Nykteri is the word for ‘staying up whole night’ in the local language. Santorini vintners harvest in the morning and press the grapes during night. Made of Assyrtiko, Athiri and Aidani grapes. Absolute very mineral. Very compelling wine that matured in barrels for three months. We drank it with shrimps dim sum and it made us happy. — 9 months ago
Raisin caramel — 5 years ago
romo
Feather light and deep flavors of marzipan and almond paste. - at Guille’s — a month ago