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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.1 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 27 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by timothynbond on 3/20/2022 & rated 91 points: Deep ruby color. Wonderful nose with raspberry, sweet tobacco, and strawberry starburst. Medium-plus body, medium-plus tannins, medium-to-medium-plus acid. Gorgeous fruit on the palate with sweet cherries that become darker (plums, blackberries) with time in the class. Picking up some coffee mid-palate along with some cherry cola. Wonderful, though pricy. (1040 views) | | | Tasted by 5laton on 12/19/2020: Dense, blackish-red, burly wine. Maturing flavors, but still very structured with some astringence to the tannin. Dark fruit, roasted bell pepper, really a mouthful. Needs another 5-10 years to resolve the tannin. Or perhaps some well-marbled animal fat.
Interesting that other notes here describe the wine as fully resolved - wish that had been the case here. (1442 views) | | | Tasted by DonDon on 9/24/2020 & rated 95 points: Stunning. Tannins just silky smooth now alongside beautiful purity of fruit - classic blackberry and plum, dark fruits, some spice. In a great spot right now. (1803 views) | | | Tasted by jnewman77 on 2/13/2019: Served with a smoked brisket and alongside a 2003 Monte Bello; the nose here is classic; definitely get some oak notes of vanilla, menthol, mocha, underlying is rich cassis, earthy notes, violet, and a bit of cigar wrapper; the palate here is plush and rich, but still has lovely balance, very good depth, and a lasting finish. This is drinking quite well right now, but has plenty of life and development ahead. A classic Diamond Creek (2479 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 4/19/2016: Tuesday Night Blind Tasting $70+ (Roswell, GA): Opaque core with garnet rim; oak, cassis, bitter chocolate, earth, chocolate covered cherry; fleshy but structured, Bordeaux varietal, fresh, still quite youthful, licorice, Italian-esque in a way; makes sense. (4157 views) | | | Tasted by Ajnate on 2/2/2015: still youthful and a bit closed but with lovely structure, big mountain fruit and solid but not overpowering tannins. (4602 views) | | | Tasted by ledwards on 12/31/2014 & rated 96 points: This wine was perfectly open and expressive. Was one of the finest cabs drank this year. Layered red fruits and a nuanced stone notes on the finish. Not jammy, not hot, just right. Worth drinking now if you have them. (4053 views) | | | Tasted by DrakkarNoir on 12/27/2014: 14.1% abv. Dark purple. Cassis, cedar but with some green/savoury aromas as well: green bell pepper, rosemary. Perfumed. Very tannic still + strong acidity. Overall a bit on the austere side. Think this needs 10+ yrs. (3710 views) | | | Tasted by tgkswine on 12/25/2014 & rated 94 points: An outstanding wine. Great nose of dark fruit, bramble with a hint of spice. In the glass it is a dark garnet. Aforementioned dark fruit, smoky meat, leather in complete balance. A long finish and fantastic complement to the Christmas Eve beef tenderloin.
The best of an 06 Dominus and 07 Larkmead. (3257 views) | | | Tasted by Robert Pavlovich on 7/19/2014: Great balance, power, depth of flavor. Favorite of the tasting in a good place now and will sail on for years to come. Thru 2020 recommended. (2803 views) | | | Tasted by Neecies on 7/4/2014 & rated 95 points: Lambert's bottle. Classic claret nose with dust and chocolate, plum and boysenberry. Great concentration and a long, long finish. Outstanding. (1325 views) | | | Tasted by Battersea James on 5/9/2014 & rated 96 points: I took this in my hold luggage out to the US to open on the first night of our vacation with friends! I have to say it was truly sensational. Everything was just so well balanced with an incredible finish. This is drinking so well although has many years left ahead of it. Unfortunately that was my only 2003! (1470 views) | | | Tasted by mhenry on 1/27/2014 & rated 93 points: Wonderful wine! Served side-by-side a Caymus '08, and this was clearly a more complex wine. Garnet colored; moderate sediment. Aromas of flint, mineral, stone. Medium body. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. My only '03...can't wait for my '09's to be ready! (1915 views) | | | Tasted by EdKz@comcast.net on 12/31/2013 & rated 92 points: garnet, medium legs, rubbery sweet red fruity bouquet, new world balanced earth, fruit and oak taste, middle complexity, and medium finish. rich enjoyment, poor value (1921 views) | | | Tasted by jnewman77 on 10/29/2013: (From a 375ml bottle at the winery) Dusty earth notes at first which give way to cassis, black currant, and black cherry. Sage and cedar emerge with more air. Very well balanced with mouth watering acidity and well integrated tannins. Beautiful wine with years to go. (2179 views) | | | Tasted by rh marcin on 10/4/2013 & rated 90 points: - Garnet color with fast forming legs - Drank in CO 10/13. Still held up after 2 cross country moves, and various storage. (1945 views) | | | Tasted by Fishboy on 4/20/2013 & rated 92 points: Great cab. Decanted for an hour. Drinking well right now but could easily age longer. (2462 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 12/23/2012 & rated 94 points: Very dark ruby color; appealing, ripe black currant, cassis, loam nose that changes to milk chocolate after 2 hours; rich, very appealing, blackberry, black currant, black fruit, violets, mineral, chocolate palate; long finish (805 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 7/21/2012 & rated 94 points: Diamond Creek Vineyards Decades of Rarities (Diamond Creek Vineyards, Calistoga, California): Dark ruby color; lovely, cassis, ripe blackberry, raspberry palate; tasty, youthful, cassis, blackberry, mineral, black fruit, light cedar palate; long finish (1980 views) | | | Tasted by acacord on 5/16/2008 & rated 94 points: Terrific bottle of wine. Glad I was able to try it. Now, on to the Red Rock Terrace... (4213 views) | | | Tasted by Chidainey on 5/11/2007 & rated 94 points: Tasted at The Wine Country in Signal Hill CA sit down tasting in Riedel large generic tasting glasses. Huge cocoa nose. Huge minerally, earthy fruit with great depth and complexity. Big, smooth tannins, Very well integrated, big oak. Very complex, very long interesting finish. Great terrior. Very good structure and balance. Should age well. An excellent example of high end CA cab in the big fruit style. My WOTN. (3762 views) | | | Tasted by jamieirving on 11/19/2006 & rated 84 points: Made from mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with just a little dash of Petit Verdot this wine is deep purple in colour. The nose shows good fruit character encased in oak. The palate shows lots of berry fruit, especially cherry, and a certain smokiness. Well rounded tannins. Good, but very expensive!
Tasted in the Grand Tasting at the 10th Decanter Fine Wine Encounter, Landmark Hotel, London. (3864 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Diamond Creek Open House and 2015 Release Tasting Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Diamond MountainDiamond Mountain AVA: definition |
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