Cabernet Sauvignon

Country: US / Anna Marie Vineyard Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Oregon Winery: Watermill / Walla Walla Valley (OR) This vineyard is best known for its Merlot but this Cabernet keeps pace. It brings a mixture of fruit and barrel aromas of vanilla, blackberry, coffee, licorice and herbs. Flavors are sweet and rich, with coffee lingering on […]

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Van Ruiten / Lodi This abundantly rich wine seems to melt in the mouth like fine dark chocolate. Aromas emphasize fully ripe plums, black cherries and a whiff of spicy oak. Then chocolaty flavors expand quickly on the tongue as they are carried by copious soft tannins. […]

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Tierra y Mar / Alexander Valley Pungent earth dominates the nose of this wine while cherry and cassis notes play on the painfully light-bodied yet smoothly textured palate. Smoky oak lingers on the finish.

Country: US / Deux Chevaux Vineyard Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Tamber Bey / Yountville A Cab-based wine with 20% Merlot, this has juicy blackberry and currant to soften the overreaching tannic profile. Blessed in cedar and tobacco, this also presents a strong showing of dried herb. The fruit leans black and blue, from blueberry […]

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Washington Winery: Six Prong / Horse Heaven Hills Aromas offer raspberries, stemmy herbs, jalapeño and spice while the palate brings plush and lightly sweet cherry and blackberry flavors.

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Mauritson / Sonoma County Very rich in blackberries and cassis, with an herbal grounding of sage and tobacco and a dusting of freshly crushed black pepper. You’ll find hard-edged tannins and some sharpness to the mouthfeel. A few years of aging are warranted, but this isn’t a […]

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Blue Rock / Alexander Valley Soft and herbal but quite delicious, this Cab offers flavors of blackberries, black currants and mocha, with a rich veneer of sandalwood. At its best now and through 2012.

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Bowman Cellars / Alexander Valley From a vineyard site in Cloverdale, this red is crisp with red currant, cranberry and clove flavors and a simple, straightforward structure.

Country: US / Flat Rock Ranch Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Laird / Napa Valley Densely packed with black fruit and barrel toast, this wine is mouth-puckering with tannin and power. A lightly perceptible dried herb note weaves through its dark texture.

Country: US / Lonehawk Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: La Honda Winery / Santa Cruz Mountains Despite having rich blackberry, cherry and currant flavors, this feels brittle. The acidity is strong and the tannins come across as a bit jarring. Drink up.

Country: Argentina / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza Province Winery: Valentin Bianchi / Mendoza Dusty floral plum flavors are fresh, not over-extracted. Solid but regular on the palate, this tastes of oaky spicy dried cherry and plum along with tobacco. Latent acidity and grabby tannins make the finish abrasive.

Country: US / Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon California Winery: Tierra Roja / Oakville Made from a site on the eastern edge of the appellation, along the Silverado Trail, this 100% varietal wine opens in smoky campfire and cigar. Perfumed in clove and wild sage, it remains smooth and full bodied on the palate, imparting an enviable […]