Cabernet Sauvignon

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.  

This is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petite Sirah, and 5% Syrah from the Judean Hills in Israel.  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose has plums, black cherries and spice.  Medium to full bodied.  Light to medium tannins.  On the palate, flavors of plums and black cherries.  Moderate finish.  This is Kosher for Passover and makes a nice Seder wine.  It is easy to drink with no hard edges.  it worked well with Seder foods.  Drink over the next two to three 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.

Inky purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is big with cassis, cedar and graphite.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  Nice balance.  On the palate, this is mature although it will still develop.  Flavors of cassis, slight blueberries with slight oak/cedar.  Long  finish.  This is drinking well now and should have another ten to fifteen years.  It is great on its own and will work well with bigger foods.  It would go well with Prime Rib.  

This is a very nice Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon.  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is tight on opening.  With air, it shows cassis, black cherries, spice and slight char.  Full bodied.  Soft texture.  Medium tannins.  On the palate, flavors of cassis, black cherries and slight blueberries.  Good finish.  This is drinking well but it won't get better, just more mature.  Drink over the next five years.  It is nice on its own but probably better with food.  This would work very well with a (Veggie) Burger.  

This is a classic, old school Napa Cab that has not gone crazy on pricing and now it is a relative value.  At age 12, this bottle is mature and drinking beautifully (if well stored).  Purple in color with a ruby rim, opaque and bright.  The nose has cassis, earthiness/forest floor, leather and spice.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  Complex.  On the palate, flavors of cassis with slight black cherry.  Good finish.  This will drink well for another decade but it should start heading south in the next few years, so maybe drink well.  A nice choice for Roasted or BBQ meats.