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Carneros Creek

Carneros Creek
2021 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.5% RS: .3%
Bronze Medal
Recommended
$39.95

Carneros Creek
2021 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.5% RS: .3%
Ruby color. Fruity, jammy, confected, curious aromas of wet earth, maple candy, dried herbs, and brown butter caramel with a light body and a short bourbon soaked vanilla, blackberry pudding, singed berry tart, and cedar bark and ash finish. A firm, earthy Cabernet with boysenberry, caramel and dried cherry flavors.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: wet earth, maple candy, dried herbs, and brown butter caramel
Taste Flavor: bourbon soaked vanilla, blackberry pudding, singed berry tart, and cedar bark and ash
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A firm, earthy Cabernet with boysenberry, caramel and dried cherry flavors.

The Producer

Victor Vineyards

The Producer
8751 CA-12
Victor, CA 95253
USA
1 -209-339-0102

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.