Cabernet Sauvignon

Country: Argentina / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Other Winery: Tussock Jumper / San Juan Jumpy cherry and plum aromas are fresh and direct. This has a wiry, grabby palate, with raspberry and spiced plum flavors. Rubbery tannins, edgy acidity and reedy red-berry flavors create an intense but rough ending.

Country: US / Vintage Selection Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Charles Krug / Napa Valley Leathery and somewhat green, this wine has yet to find its balance, combining 95% Cabernet Sauvignon with 3% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot. It veers between heavy, ripe tension and an underripe underbelly, finishing unsure.

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Moser Scharding / Sonoma-Napa Heavy and soft, with firm tannins. You’ll find modest currant fruit, with a harsh, raisiny finish.

Country: US / Estate Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Parsonage Village / Carmel Valley Thick and heavy, with semi-sweet, syrupy flavors of blackberries and oak. Not going anywhere, so drink now.

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Dominican Oaks / Napa Valley Tough and gritty, this is an everyday Cabernet. It’s full-bodied and dry, with some green flavors.

Country: US / Generations Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Raymond / Napa Valley A blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Petit Verdot, this wine speaks to power, offering juicy, velvety texture around brawny components of leather, coffee and black plum. Concentrated and intense, it needs time to open in the glass before pairing with […]

Country: US / Grand Estates Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Washington Winery: Columbia Crest / Columbia Valley (WA) Cocoa, plum and vanilla aromas are followed by creamy-feeling blue-fruit flavors that display a mixture of fruit and barrel. The barrel influence is heavy, but it’s delicious all the same.

Country: Chile / Tributo Single Vineyard Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley Winery: Caliterra / Briary, herbal berry aromas are dry, earthy, foresty and show a note of olive. This Cab is full of life on the palate, with energy and good overall balance. Spicy flavors of baked plum, olive, herbs and tobacco finish long, with […]

Country: Chile / Reserva de Familia Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo Valley Winery: Santa Carolina / Herbal berry, cassis and mint aromas open this classic Maipo Cabernet. Racy acidity and firm tannins make for a structured mouthfeel, while plum, currant, spice and light herbal notes finish loamy. Drink now.

Country: US / Elodian Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Tom Eddy / Napa Valley Made in a fine, accessible style, this 100% Cab is delicious now with blackberry jam, chocolate and cassis flavors. It has classic Napa Valley tannins that are rich and ripe. This is a fancy wine, that’s soft yet complex, and at […]

Country: US / Estate Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Envy / Calistoga While this is the most tannic of Envy’s wines, it’s also made in the house style of soft, fruity approachability. Forward and lush with blackberry jam, currant and spice flavors, it shows an impeccable balance. Wonderful now and over the next 3–4 years.

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Peju / Napa Valley A majority varietal, this wine also holds small amounts of Merlot, Petit Verdot and Syrah. These combine well with one another to exude notes of licorice, plum and black cherry. Right now, it ends with sprinklings of dried herb. Dense and tannic, it […]