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2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariñena

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: Spain
Alcohol: 14.5%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$10.99
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Celebrities
2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariñena

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: Spain
Alcohol: 14.5%
Ruby black color. Aromas and flavors of oregano, bell pepper, caper berries, cracked black pepper, violet, and clove with a satiny, crisp, dryish medium-to-full body and a smooth, complex, long finish evoking notes of plum, black tea with cream, and cornichons with well-integrated, silky tannins and heavy oak flavor. A lovely, well-integrated Cabernet with great balance and style.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: oregano, bell pepper, caper berries, cracked black pepper, violet, and clove
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of plum, black tea with cream, and cornichons
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A lovely, well-integrated Cabernet with great balance and style.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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Serve in a Cabernet Wine Glass
Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety that is the source of some of the world’s most celebrated and longest-lived reds. Grown in many countries, it is most famous in Bordeaux, where it is the principal grape in red Bordeaux as well as in California – especially Napa Valley- where it is labeled by its varietal name.

Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas and flavors of black currant, cassis, black cherry and sometimes plum (in warmer regions or vintages). Quite rich on the palate, the variety is very tannic, giving its wines a bitter edge in their youth, but also providing the wines with great aging potential, with top flight examples drinking well for as long as four or five decades. Given their richness and flavor profile, wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon need to be paired with rich red meats, such as steaks and roasts as well as game.

Besides France and California, other countries with warm growing regions also excel with Cabernet Sauvignon. These include the Maipo and Colchagua Valleys in Chile as well as the Bolgheri district, situated on the coast of Tuscany.