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Hall Ranch

Hall Ranch
2020 Cellar Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.5% RS: .05%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$24

Hall Ranch
2020 Cellar Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.5% RS: .05%
Burnt sienna color. Aromas and flavors of black plum and black cherry, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove, and brownie batter with a round, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, interesting, medium-long finish with nuances of cherry and plum, chocolate covered cherries, baked fruit, and lingering sweet baking spices with well-integrated, medium, barky, drying tannins and moderate oak flavor. Chocolate covered cherries on warm coffee cake on the nose with baking spices playing off of the rich dark fruits that dance on the well structured palate.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World
Aroma Aroma: black plum and black cherry, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove, and brownie batter
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with nuances of cherry and plum, chocolate covered cherries, baked fruit, and lingering sweet baking spices
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years Enjoy on its own
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Chocolate covered cherries on warm coffee cake on the nose with baking spices playing off of the rich dark fruits that dance on the well structured palate.

The Producer

O'Neill Beverages Co., LLC (dba O'Neill Vintners & Distillers)

The Producer
8418 S Lac Jac Ave
Parlier, CA 93648
USA
1 559-638-3544

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.