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Damiani Wine Cellars

Damiani Wine Cellars
2020 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Finger Lakes

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.9%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$59

Damiani Wine Cellars
2020 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Finger Lakes

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.9%
Violet color. Aromas and flavors of blackberry, espresso bean, and cigar box with a velvety, tangy, dry medium-to-full body and a tingling, complex, medium-length finish manifesting suggestions of black cherry and plum, pipe tobacco and leather, and mixed garden herbs with well-integrated, medium, chewy tannins and light oak flavor. Cooler climate Cabernet with enough power and finesse to compete with quality Cabernet from around the country.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Old World
Aroma Aroma: blackberry, espresso bean, and cigar box
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of black cherry and plum, pipe tobacco and leather, and mixed garden herbs
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food and on its own
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Cooler climate Cabernet with enough power and finesse to compete with quality Cabernet from around the country.

The Producer

Damiani Wine Cellars

The Producer
4704 Rte 414
Burdett, NY 14818
USA
1 607-546-5557

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.