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2020 Private Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.8% RS: .25%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$18
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2020 Private Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.8% RS: .25%
Brown brick red color. Aromas and flavors of red and black currant, red cherry, and rose bush with a round, lively, dry medium body and a tingling, intricate, medium-length finish conveying notes of cassis, black cherry, clove, and rose and tea with medium, crunchy tannins and light oak flavor. Delightfully ripe fruit without being over ripe and not over extracted with oak; like an American Left Bank Bordeaux table wine— truly delightful.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Old World
Aroma Aroma: red and black currant, red cherry, and rose bush
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of cassis, black cherry, clove, and rose and tea
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-6 years on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Delightfully ripe fruit without being over ripe and not over extracted with oak; like an American Left Bank Bordeaux table wine— truly delightful.

The Producer

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The Producer
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Bentonville, AR 72716
USA

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.