Full Review

Night Bird

Night Bird
2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Chicken Pork Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.8% RS: 1%
Bronze Medal
Recommended
$21

Night Bird
2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Chicken Pork Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 13.8% RS: 1%
Violet color. Aromas and flavors of cherry brandy bonbon, chocolate banana-nut muffin, mango and apricot nectar, and Tootsie Roll with a satiny, crisp, off-dry medium-to-full body and a tingling, stimulating, short-to-medium finish with shades of goji berry, chocolate craisin, and vanilla-caramel truffle with a suggestion of oak flavor. An atypical, very fruity and juicy Cabernet with a lot of Zinfandel-like flavors that should make a bold sipper or pizza wine.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth, New World, Oaky & Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: cherry brandy bonbon, chocolate banana-nut muffin, mango and apricot nectar, and Tootsie Roll
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with shades of goji berry, chocolate craisin, and vanilla-caramel truffle
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own
Recipes Pairing: Deep Dish Sausage Pizza, Spicy Barbecue, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An atypical, very fruity and juicy Cabernet with a lot of Zinfandel-like flavors that should make a bold sipper or pizza wine.

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.