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Avalon California Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

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Winery:
Avalon Winery
Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:
USA > California > Napa
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2017
UPC:
851718000017

User Tags:  resinous, spices, fruit, bottling, color descriptors, stone fruits, vanilla, oak, nose, bargain 


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What to Expect

California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

There’s nothing quite like waking up to floods on New Year’s Eve day to start a year. Rains flooded Northern California and the rest of the state and continued long enough to delay bud break. Then, as if written in a movie script, warm summer days helped move grapes into a normal harvest timeline.

Cooler days in August and September let the grapes hang and fully develop ripe, rich flavors. Harvest stretched into late October and never pushed winemakers with too much fruit on the crush pad. Slower days gave Winemaker Alex Cose greater opportunities to get the most out of every lot.

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Dark fruit with a bit of vegetal quality on the nose, at the first sip you detect some spicy cherry with an oaky finish with a hint of smoke. More of a savory wine versus fruity.


April 2009

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Pours a deep purplish ruby, and has aromas of bing cherries and a whiff of graphite and cocoa. It is a rich deeply flavored Napa Valley Cabernet, with a mouthcoating texture and terrific structure, especially for such a reasonably priced wine! It finishes strong with rich berry flavors and silky smooth tannins. This is one of the best value priced Napa Cabs I have ever had!


September 2009

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Decent aroma in steam. Still a little bit cheap in the structure.


September 2009

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Scents of cherry and tobacco. Sour cherry, smoky, and a bit of mocha. Has a dry, tart finish.


October 2009

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A BEST BUY FROM ROBERT PARKER! - Staff Selection! ""Rutherford and Oakville fruit, very cherry with some subtle vanilla and cedar notes. Great everyday quaffer, nice with red meats or by itself."" - Staff Notes - ""Rich Napa style with blackberries, plum and cherry fruit, finishing with a touch of caramel from oak aging. Napa quality at a reasonable price."" - Winery Notes


March 2009

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Source: Wine King


Deep crimson colored, our 2006 exhibits aromas of blackberry, bing cherries, cassis and anise with smoke, vanilla pie crust and clove notes from oak ageing. This ageing additionally adds breadth and depth on the palate. This supple and easy drinking wine showcases its Napa heritage.


June 2009

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