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Rays Station Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon(2005)
- Winery:
- Ray's Station Vineyards
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region:
- USA > California > North Coast
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- oak, resinous, italian cuisine, oak - heavy, red grape, fruit, color descriptors, ruby, red wine, aged
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Source:
Wine.com
- In 2005, there was a long, dry season that gave Ray's Station theluxury of some extended hang time for their fruit. As a result, the crop offeredan intensity that just naturally suits their style of winemaking. In describing this wine, words like lush, rich,dense and concentrated come readily to mind. Hearty. A wine that can bring out the best in grilledgame and fish, same as it can with other bold dishes like stews andextravagantly seasoned red-sauce pastas. Ray's Station decided to add some Syrah, Merlot and just a small amount of CabernetFranc to this wine to bring about spicy aromatics read more...and plump up themid-palate. They also aged the wine in small oak barrels, which encouraged cedarand vanilla fragrances to develop. What they ended up with is a dark, ruby-red wine with a fruit-driven nose thathints at black cherry, plums, exotic spice and vanilla. On the palate, thefruit is balanced by tannins that are approachable. Look for a lingeringvanilla oak sweetness. (hide)
- October 2008
- not a fan.
