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Jacob Franklin

Jacob Franklin
2011 Single Barrel Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Lamb Pasta Pork Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.3%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$150

Jacob Franklin
2011 Single Barrel Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Lamb Pasta Pork Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.3%
Black violet color. Aromas and flavors of olives in a leather bowl, baked and dried cassis, and blueberry cobbler with a satiny, bright, fruity medium-to-full body and a smooth, appealing, medium-long finish that shows notes of chocolate figs and craisins, sweet and pepper spices, and herb rubbed meat with silky tannins and moderate oak flavor. A complex and layered savory Cabernet with Napa ripeness and Old World style and swagger with all four grapes playing their proper symphonic role.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth, Oaky, Savory, Rich & Full & Old World
Aroma Aroma: olives in a leather bowl, baked and dried cassis, and blueberry cobbler
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of chocolate figs and craisins, sweet and pepper spices, and herb rubbed meat
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-6 years Enjoy with food
Recipes Pairing: Grilled Flank Steak with Bacon Balsamic Glaze, Gnocchi Bolognese, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A complex and layered savory Cabernet with Napa ripeness and Old World style and swagger with all four grapes playing their proper symphonic role.

The Producer

Jacob Franklin Wines

The Producer
PO Box 2512
Yountville, CA 94599
USA
1 707-666-2989

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.