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This is a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Petite Verdot, and 13% Syrah, The bottle lists 15.7% abv. The wine is purple, opaque and bright. The nose is nice with cassis, black raspberries, slight plum, baking spice, and interesting pine note. Full bodied. Medium to firm tannins. On the palate, this is a "jammy" wine. Lush flavors of black raspberries, cassis, and black cherries with some char. Long finish. This drinks well on its own and would work well with big flavors. This would be a nice choice with spicy Indian cuisine. Drink over the next seven to ten years.
This is a Kosher for Passover wine from California. Purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose has cassis, black cherries, slight tobacco and slight spice. Full bodied. Light to medium tannins. On the palate, this is dry with flavors of black cherries, cassis, spice and char. Good finish. This was served as part of our Passover Seder meal and worked very well with hearty foods. Drink over the next five years.
Rich and bold, this Cabernet is in the vein of “new school” Napa Cabernet; which is to say unashamedly rich, forward fruit, potent oak, and a no holds barred take on a formidable Napa cab. That’s not to say it isn’t well structured, because this certainly is, and Turnbull is well-known for making structured Cabernets. In point of fact they have been doing so for a long time, and I have reviewed many of their wines over the years. This offers very ripe blackberry and blueberry fruit, plum, noticeable oak notes, including vanilla, sandalwood, and slightly sweet charred oak.
