California Cabernet Sauvignon Happy Hour Wine Tasting Thursday, August 17th 6:00pm
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Cabernet Sauvignon is the most popular red wine in the world today and when it comes to immediate gratification wines this varietal it is hard to beat.
Most people know about Napa Valley's Cabernet Sauvignon and although it only accounts for around 3-5% of the total production in terms of volume it is probably closer to 40-50% of all the total volume in terms of dollars. They do make great Cabernet Sauvignon in Sonoma and even places like the Santa Cruz Mountains but the most sought after Cabernet Sauvignon from California comes from Napa Valley.
The Cabernet Sauvignon grape is a relatively new invention it is the result of the combination of a white varietal Sauvignon Blanc and a red grape Cabernet Franc crossed by some mad grape scientist in southwest France in the 17th century. Because of its thick skin and relative ease of cultivation this varietal has spread around the world and makes high quality full bodied red wines in many parts of the wine world.
California Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the easiest wine tastings to sell, can you say immediate gratification, but these wines can age for 20+ years in a very good vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon always draws a crowd and this is a walk around wine tasting featuring 20 different Cabernet Sauvignon’s mostly from Napa Valley. The fee for this tasting is $95 + tax for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Happy Hour Wine Tasting Featuring California Cabernet Sauvignon
Thursday, August 17th
6:00pm
Twenty One Wines and Spirits
2006 HENDRY 'HENDRY VINEYARD' CABERNET SAUVIGNON, NAPA VALLEY MAGNUM
Price: $225.00 Your Price: $198.00 Quantity in Stock: 12
Hendry Blocks 8, 16, 17 and 18 are located on bench lands west of the town of Napa. The vines grow on thin stony soil between 150 and 300 feet above sea level. Morning fog and strong afternoon breezes from San Pablo Bay moderate our vineyard’s climate.
The vines in Block 8 were planted in 1974 and are 35 years old. They are spaced 8’ x 10’, cordon-trained. The clone is U.C.D. 7, grafted to St. George roots. A seven-foot vertical trellis system supports the cordon and the canopy. Average production is approximately 2 tons per acre. Blocks 16, 17, and 18 were planted in 1996, 1996, and 1997. They are also on St. George rootstock. They are grafted to U.C.D. clones 7 and 4, and 337/15. Their inclusion in our Cabernet Sauvignon marks a milestone in the vines' maturity. At 12 and 13 years old, they have reached a significant level of depth and complexity.
Release notes: The majority of the grapes for this wine (54%) still come from the venerable Block 8, one of our oldest and most consistently distinctive blocks. Silky entry, surprisingly rich upon first opening, though patience is rewarded. Textbook Cabernet aromas of berry/currant, cocoa, mint, eucalyptus and cedary oak reveal themselves with time and air. Structured, fine-grained tannins.
2018 HENDRY 'HENDRY VINEYARD' CABERNET SAUVIGNON, NAPA VALLEY
Price: $82.50 Sale $72.60
(91 Points) After 21 months in 90% new French oak (and a bit of time in bottle), Hendry's 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon—a blend of several blocks and clones from the estate vineyard—remains impressively dark in the glass. Marked by subtle shadings of tobacco leaf and cedar, with pronounced notes of black cherries and cassis, it's a nicely balanced, reasonably priced offering. Medium to full-bodied, smooth and gently tannic, it finishes silky, with hints of bay leaf and sage. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2018 PALAZZO CABERNET FRANC NAPA
Price: $117.00 Your Price: $102.96
When the “stars align” and everything during the growing season goes just right... and you are diligent in the vineyards, as well as throughout the picking & sorting process of the grapes... with a meticulous eye for detail & quality... then and only then is it possible to make Cabernet Franc at a “World-Class” level! With the delicacy and floral bouquet of violets & cassis, the complexity and balance of just the right amount of fruit & spice, and the opulent texture & mouthfeel of a beautifully bold, yet elegantly balanced Red Table Wine... know as Cabernet Franc!
2018 PALAZZO "RESERVE" NAPA VALLEY PROPRIETARY RED
Price: $84.00 Your Price: $73.92
(94 points) “The 2018 Right Bank Proprietary Red Reserve checks in as mostly Merlot yet includes 24% Cabernet Franc and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Raised in 40% new barrels, it has a perfumed, exotic nose of uber-ripe black cherries, blueberries, ginger, and baking spices. Full-bodied on the palate, it’s a blockbuster styled effort with sweet tannins and a great finish. It pushes on the ripeness scale (although the alcohol and pH are rock-solid), but it stays in check and is joy to drink. Drink bottles over the coming decade. (JD)” (5/2022) Jeb Dunnuck
2014 VOLKER EISELE CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40
(91 Points) The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon, which marks their 42nd vintage, is a dense ruby/plum-colored wine with elegant red and blackcurrant fruit, plum, spice box and earth. It is medium to full-bodied with gentle tannins, pure fruit and lush, round generosity. It is not the biggest and most exuberant Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa, but it is flavorful, complex and beautifully crafted. Drink it over the next 10-12 years. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2013 VOLKER EISELE CABERNET SAUVIGNON TERZETTO NAPA MAGNUM
Price: $265.00 Your Price: $233.20
Volker Eisele Family Estate creates enticing wines from the Napa Valley. Organically farmed since 1974, the Estate produces wines of uncommon balance and finesse. All fruit for our limited production wine is grown in our Chiles Valley District vineyard. The elevation and northwesterly Pacific winds funneling through the valley, create a longer cooler growing season. This combination of factors yield aromatic, crisp fruit with bright acidity and structed tannins. Our decades of experience in farming one vineyard means the quality of our wine is consistent year in, year out.
Our winemakers’ philosophy is, “To use a light hand in crafting varietally-correct wines that make the taster think about where they were grown, and not who made them.
~ Molly Lippitt, Winemaker
2016 VINEYARD HOUSE CABERNET SAUVIGNON HW CRABB'S HERMOSA VALLEY NAPA
Price: $252.00 Your Price: $221.76 Quantity in Stock: 2
Dark currant and cherry fruit, dark spice and dark mocha chocolate, fresh plowed earth, graphite mineral, a cornucopia of fruit earth and spice on the nose. Very big and chewy with dark cherry, currant, cassis very rich on the tongue with ripe round tannins and a very silky sexy texture to this wine with layers of dark spices. This wine has lots of juicy fruit very exotic spices and a long finish echoing the nuance from the nose through the finish. Finish 50+ Most Excellent
Charles Krug Winery
2019 CHARLES KRUG CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $37.25 Sale Price: $32.78 Quantity in Stock: 104
Sourced principally from the five family estates in Yountville, the 2018 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon displays cranberry and briary aromas with hints of brown butter and clove. This medium-to-full-bodied wine showcases a rich mix of cranberry and black currant flavors set against a beautifully integrated backdrop of lightly toasted oak, all leading to a smooth lingering finish of berries and butter.
Wine Watch Review: A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 1% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc and 1% Malbec. This wine has a forward and seductive bouquet of dark coco, black currant and hints of toasty oak spice, sweet tobacco spice and more. A balanced wine with lots of ripe berry fruit with cigar box spice, brambly notes, clove spice, lovely complexity, and good length on the finish. Finish 45+ Excellent +
2018 CHARLES KRUG GENERATIONS NAPA
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40
Generations is a Bordeaux-style blend from our Napa Valley estate vineyards, created to honor our family's past, present and future. Aromas of black cherry, coffee bean and blueberry segue to a full-bodied wine with a long finish of ripe berry and toasty crème brûlée.
Wine Watch Review: The 2018 Generations from Charles Krug Winery is 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petite Verdot and 6% Merlot from Yountville with a wonderful intensity, dark currant, dark plum with tobacco, bay leaf, dark chocolate, graphite and more, a very complex bouquet. A big and chewy wine on the tongue with layers of dark berry fruit, some tannins on the finish but well balanced and fresh with all that nuance and spice from the nose through the finish. Although the wine is delicious and quite drinkable it will age for 10-15 years easily in the cellar. Finish 50+ Most Excellent
2017 CHARLES KRUG VINTAGE SELECTION CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $157.50 Your Price: $138.60
Wine Watch Review: Wow an incredible bouquet with dark currant and cassis berry fruit with black licorice blackberry jam, black pepper and dark chocolate, very complex and layered. A big and chewy wine with dark currant berry fruit, some dry tannins with a long-layered finish. The 2017 vintage in general is a bit lighter and more drinkable in style but this is a blockbuster, a delicious wine today but will age for 10-15 years easily in the cellar. This is one of the best Cabernet Sauvignons from napa Valley that I have tasted this year! Finish 50+ KILLER
2019 CHARLES KRUG CABERNET SAUVIGNON HOWELL MOUNTAIN NAPA
List Price: $150.00 Your Price: $132.00
Rising 1,650 feet above the Napa Valley floor on the south westside of Howell Mountain, the Family Reserve Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon sits above the fog line. The distinctive climate, along with volcanic and iron-rich red soils, produce fruit with great balance and intensity.
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2019 DARIOUSH CARAVAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $61.50 Your Price: $54.12
Caravan shares the pedigree of Darioush’s Signature wines, but displays more ripe, saturated fruit with an elegantly textured finish. Caravan is anchored in Cabernet Sauvignon with lesser amounts of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and/or Malbec and Petit Verdot added for depth and complexity of flavor.
2021 CLOS DU VAL CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $55.50 Your Price: $ 48.84
This fresh and vibrant Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is brimming with aromas of blackberry, mulberry, cassis, and violet. On the palate, bright flavors of cranberry, red plum, cherry, and lavender are intertwined with supple tannins, balanced acidity, and a long, smooth finish.
2018 ST SUPERY CABERNET SAUVIGNON DOLLARHIDE RANCH NAPA
Price: $121.50 Your Price: $106.92
This cabernet sauvignon presents with deep, dark reds and purples. Aromas are opulent with ripe blackberry, black plum, cassis, chocolate, and toasted oak. A rich, dense profile follows with flavors of cassis and ripe black fruits, espresso, mocha, and molasses with subtle oak influence. This is a deep, structured wine with excellent fine-grain tannin.
2021 PINE RIDGE CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $67.50 Your Price: $59.40
While admiring the cranberry red hue, forward fruit aromatics of black cherry and cassis begin to make your mouth water before the first sip! On the palate, juicy notes of blueberry compote and cherry cordial meld seamlessly with hints of cinnamon and cream soda. The wine methodically transitions from the bright, round entry through the viscous midpalate and onto a broad-shouldered finish. This is where hints of clove, graham cracker and toasted marshmallow are juxtaposed with those of dark roast coffee and Bing cherry. This wine can be enjoyed now but will benefit from another 10 to 20 years of bottle age.
2018 ADAPTATION BY ODETTE CABERNET SAUVIGNON, NAPA VALLEY
Price: $82.50 Your Price: $72.60
The 2018 Adaptation Cabernet Sauvignon is opaque purple in color, presenting notes of wild blackberries, luxardo cherries, plums, crème de cassis with hints of fresh spring flowers. This full bodied expression displays beautiful ripeness with elegant, very fine, well integrated tannins and a gorgeous silky texture. Built for near term appreciation and long term potential, this forward, upfront and approachable style can be enjoyed over the next decade.
Blend: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot, 2% Petite Sirah
2019 DAOU SOUL OF A LION PASO ROBLES
Price: $180.00 Your Price: $144.00
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Cabernet Franc 15% and Petit Verdot 10%. Soul of a Lion is the crown jewel of DAOU, and an emblem of our quest to produce unsurpassed Cabernet Sauvignon from the terroir of DAOU Mountain. The 2018 Soul of a Lion is the kind of awe-inspiring, age-worthy Cabernet Sauvignon that Georges and Daniel envisioned when they first began researching the terroir of DAOU Mountain. This wine displays all the hallmarks of its cooler growing season—richness, elegance and balance. A dark, purple-black hue foreshadows the experience to come. Intense aromas of lilac, violet and spice swirl amid a deep, complex bouquet. The palate bursts with prodigious flavors of blueberry, boysenberry, plum, vanilla bean and chocolate-covered cherry, all underlain by striking minerality. Silky, integrated tannins unwind into an impossibly long finish, revealing both the power and finesse of its DAOU Mountain provenance.
2012 ZD WINES CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $117.00 Your Price: $93.60
The words "classic" and "perfect" were tossed around a lot after the 2012 growing season, and this vintage will always be remembered for its lack of drama! This wine is big and unctuous with a firm structure that gives it excellent aging potential. Aromas of cassis and black cherry mingle with hints of plum, star anise and sweet vanilla. The combination of fruit, oak and tannin integrate seamlessly to provide a long, powerful finish.
2019 ALPHA OMEGA CABERNET SAUVIGNON NAPA
Price: $165.00 Your Price: $145.20
A blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot. On the nose, black fruits, Bing cherry, saddleback, gun flint, crushed rock and minerality. On the palate, black raspberry, elderberry, black licorice, rose petals, mocha, vanilla extract, with a rich and layered mouthfeel.
Menu
Pork Belly drizzled with Current Jam
Tuna Sliders with Pickled Ginger Aioli and Wasabi Cucumbers
Jamon Pizza with Parmesan Caramelized Onion and Fig
Chicken Sate with Black Berry BBQ
Gougeres with Dark Cherry Goat Cheese Mousse
This is a walk around tasting in the Wine Bar and the fee for this event is $95 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
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