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Avalon California Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

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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
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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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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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dkmrd5

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371

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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Source: Sam's

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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ywang

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

September 2009

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GoinGray

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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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Source: NapaCabs.com

Tasting Notes - This California Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits rich, slightly smoky aromas of cherries, boysenberries and chocolate. A minimum of eight months aging in French and American oak barrels softened the wine and imparted subtle notes of vanilla and spice.

June 2009

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Hand of Snooth

163

Clear bright red, notes of anise, bacon, flowers, jam and super cherry. Slight hint of oak and vanilla. Obvious tannins with tart jammy acid. You really could do better on a weekday wine. Keep it under 10$ at all times with this one.

I'D AVOID AERATION. It kills whatever little it has going for it. Becomes overtly fruit forward, too round and flabby. It destroyed the tannins when I did it. Which leads me to believe this wine will get flabby over time on it's own right in the bottle.

May 2009

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Its dark ruby/plum color is followed by sweet aromas of black currants, smoke, damp earth, licorice, and spice. Medium-bodied and pure with silky tannins as well as a surprisingly long finish, it should drink well for 5-8 years.

January 2009

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Tasting Notes - This Napa Cabernet is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Syrah, Merlot, and Petite Sirah. Its dark ruby/plum color is followed by sweet aromas of black currants, smoke, damp earth, licorice, and spice. Medium-bodied and pure with silky tannins as well as a surprisingly long finish, it should drink well for 5-8 years

May 2009

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ttutony

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547

Nice rounded mouthfeel with good berry fruit flavors. Nothing amazing but a pretty decent wine considering the quite low price tag. Also, consider trying the Avalon Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon which is only a few dollars more and is a noticeable upgrade.

December 2008

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AVALON NAPA CABERNET SAUVIGNON

December 2009

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Source: Wine.com

A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot and 4% Syrah. Deep crimson colored, our 2006 exhibits aromas of blackberry, bing cherries, cassis and anise with smoke, vanilla pie crust and clove notes from oak aging. This agin additionally adds breadth and depth on the palate. This supple and easy drinking wine showcases its Napa heritage.

December 2008

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

April 2009

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deliajl

After having read very good things about the 2005 vintage I added it to my list on my most recent shopping spree. I didn't find the 2005, but did find the 2006, so decided to give it a try and bought two bottles, even though at $15.99 it was priced decidedly higher than I had seen on recent web postings. I really wanted to like this wine, and after a first taste I thought it had promise. As time wore on, however, it became increasingly flabby, and within an hour I was pushing it on to my merlot-loving wife. Definitely fruit forward, with a Welch's like candor, I am going to reserve the second bottle read more...

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