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Lobo

Lobo
2020 Wulff Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.6%
94 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$80
Cellar Selection

Lobo
2020 Wulff Vineyards, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.6%
Garnet black color. Aromas and flavors of red and black plum, mint and balsamic, and violet and blackberry sauce with a velvety, lively, bone-dry medium-to-full body and a warming, appealing, medium-long finish with accents of plums and dates, figs and cherries, mocha and leather, and dried flowers with well-integrated, fine, drying tannins and light oak flavor. A big and brooding Napa Cabernet bursting with floral aromas and balanced with mild dark fruit flavors that is ready for drinking today with a light decant.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World
Aroma Aroma: red and black plum, mint and balsamic, and violet and blackberry sauce
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of plums and dates, figs and cherries, mocha and leather, and dried flowers
Sweetness Sweetness: Bone-Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A big and brooding Napa Cabernet bursting with floral aromas and balanced with mild dark fruit flavors that is ready for drinking today with a light decant.

The Producer

Lobo Wines, LLC

The Producer
2855 Atlas Peak Rd.
Napa, CA 94558
USA
1 707-224-8322

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.