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Tilth

Tilth
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 15.2% RS: .05%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$55
Cellar Selection

Tilth
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 15.2% RS: .05%
Garnet black color. Aromas and flavors of cherry, blackberry, and plum, lavender, and old leather books and wooden shelves with a satiny, dry medium body and a peppery, stimulating, medium-long finish that exhibits elements of black cherry, red and black currant, vanilla, and cinnamon mocha with well-integrated, silky, woody tannins and light oak flavor. Classic ripe Napa fruit with polished oak and rich, smooth tannins; this will win fans tonight with a quick decant as well as improve with a decade in cellar.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World
Aroma Aroma: cherry, blackberry, and plum, lavender, and old leather books and wooden shelves
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with elements of black cherry, red and black currant, vanilla, and cinnamon mocha
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Classic ripe Napa fruit with polished oak and rich, smooth tannins; this will win fans tonight with a quick decant as well as improve with a decade in cellar.

The Producer

Hibou Wine

The Producer
1517 Chablis Circle
Saint Helena, CA 94574
USA
1 530-4099243

Their Portfolio

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.