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Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

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Winery:: Spottswoode Winery
Varietal:: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:: USA > California > Napa
Type:: Red Wine
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Drink Dates:: 2015 - 2026
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User Tags: berry, spices, fruit, resinous, blackberry, cedar, trees, smokey, balance, aged

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

The prodigious 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate may be Spottswoodes strongest effort since their superb 2002 and 2001. A deep ruby/purple color is accompanied by a classic bouquet of violets, graphite, blueberries, and creme de cassis with hints of licorice and cedar. Stunningly pure and elegant as well as substantial and authoritatively flavored, this is a long, rich, concentrated wine with the grace of a ballerina. Give it 2-3 years of bottle age and consume it over the following 20-25+ years. Cheese pairings: Gorgonzola, CamembertFood Pairings: Steak, Beef Stew

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Source: Vinfolio

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March 2009

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A curious mix of rich, racy, rustic wild berry, currant and earthy-leathery flavors that turn progressively drier and more earthy. . 5,674 cases made. (JL)

December 2008

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Very similar Larkmead character - cassis infused dried herbs and cedar, spices… rich red and black forest floor fruit…. dusty bitter sweet chocolate and mocha tannins…. However, not sweet or over-the-top… balanced and elegant.

March 2009

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WS 92-94 (8/2006) Chewy and rustic, with plenty of smoky oak, lead pencil and graphite evident in the aroma. The currant, mineral, sage and cedary notes are tight and concentrated, firming up on the finish where the tannins are more evident.

October 2008

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Source: Zachy's

"Chewy and rustic, with plenty of smoky oak, lead pencil and graphite evident in the aroma. The currant, mineral, sage and cedary notes are tight and concentrated, firming up on the finish where the tannins are more evident...92-94" -WS Barrel Tasting 08/06