Fredrinaldi (aka Cab said Fred) left these tasting notes in the 1/30/15 offer of this wine:
[QUOTE=fredrinaldi, post:11, topic:441975]
The monkey left this about 2 weeks ago and I had this last weekend. 1st off I Loved the label. now to the wine…
Did my normal 1st pour of about ½ glass, excellent color, deep purple color, nice bouquet, held it up to the light it and can’t see through A good sign, 1st swig & swirl nice and not as dry as I have come to expect for a Cab, actually a little sweet, nice legs.
From what I found out this Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with Merlot , Cabernet Franc and Malbec. That could explain the “sweetness” in this wine. I did detect a hint of tabacco right away, but couldn’t put my thumb on the fruitness flavor, but it was definatly a little sweeter than I would expect a Cab to be, but like I said it’s a blend.
Let the bottle sit for about 1 & ½ hrs before I went back. Not a big change from the 1st pour. This is a pretty decent Cab,(blend) not in the Wellington class similar to Costero Bay Cabernet offered a few weeks back, but not as dry.
Thought the “retail price” was a bit high IMHO at $25 a bottle, I would put this right where it is at $15 a bottle
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