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Cerro

Cerro
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Lamb Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.2%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$50

Cerro
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Lamb Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.2%
Garnet black color. Aromas and flavors of wet clay, blistered cassis and bananas, dark chocolates in an olive wood bowl, and cornichons and olives with a satiny, bright, fruity medium body and an even, nuanced, very long finish that presents nuances of huckleberry pie with creme anglaise, tres leche cake, and toffee with earthy tannins and light oak flavor. A delicious and super supple Napa Cabernet that delights the palate with a panoply of fruit and oak flavors.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth, New World & Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: wet clay, blistered cassis and bananas, dark chocolates in an olive wood bowl, and cornichons and olives
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with nuances of huckleberry pie with creme anglaise, tres leche cake, and toffee
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food and on its own
Recipes Pairing: Rack of Baby Lamb, Beef Stroganoff, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A delicious and super supple Napa Cabernet that delights the palate with a panoply of fruit and oak flavors.

The Producer

JDB Wines

The Producer

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.