Posted on August 24, 2009 by vcuspoon
Once again my job as store manager of a wine shop has provided me the opportunity to taste some fabulous wine. About a week ago, we opened up the 1999 B.R. Cohn Olive Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($96) to see how it was drinking. Well, I am here to say that it is drinking extremely [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by vcuspoon
2003 Krupp Brothers Veraison Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine Info -
Appellation: Napa, Oakville
Vineyard: Stage Coach, Southside of Pritchard Hill
Grapes: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec, 1% Cabernet
Franc
Cooperage: 18 months in Taransaud French Oak barrels
Price: ~$65
My Tasting Notes -
Nose: chocolate, blackberry, cassis, leather
Taste: huge juicy fruit, lots of chocolate, blackberry, toasty oak, brown spice and [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by vcuspoon
The 2004 Longview Block 11 Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the high end wines from Longview winery. For the most part, Longview wines stay under the $20 mark and offer some good value from Australia. The Block 11 Cabernet from 2004 however was $45 and when I tasted it a year and half ago, was [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by vcuspoon
Wine Info
Appellation – Red Hills, Lake County
Vineyard – Snow Lake
Grape – 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, clone 337 and 15
Aging – 60% American, 40% French for 17 months
Price – $23
My Tasting Notes
Color – deep garnet
Nose – black tea, boysenberry, cherry, toast, caramel
Taste – cedar, cassis, oak, blackberry, cherry, vanilla
Mouthfeel – slightly spicy with full roundness leading to [...]
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Posted on December 27, 2007 by vcuspoon
Christmas day was spent at my parent’s house, and was a fun day of present opening and over eating. Even though my parents bought plenty of wine, and told me not to bring any, you know I couldn’t show up empty handed. So we took over some Pedroncelli Chardonnay and a bottle of the [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2007 by vcuspoon
I picked this up from the Wine Cellar about a month or two ago, just wanting to pick up a real good “everyday” Cab for the wine stock at home. I had heard great things about the wine, and these were confirmed by my favorite Wine Cellar employee Hunter who had just tasted the wine recently. [...]
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