The basics:
- Grape Variety - Cabernet Sauvignon
- Country of Origin - United States
- Region of Origin - California
- Vintage Year - 2020
- Price - $19.99
Napa Cabs Review:
"Purity, intensity, and seamless structure. French oak beautifully transforms intense mountain fruit into a wine with uncommon richness, yet smooth and luxurious texture. Juggernaut Hillside Cabernet is a wine that is fierce, brave, and delicious."
Wine Folly Reference (88 - 89):
The world's most popular wine is a natural cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc that originated in Bordeaux. Wines are concentrated and age-worthy. The wine is rich in flavor with high tannins that include notes of black cherry, black currant, cedar, baking spices, graphite, tobacco, blackberry, and mint.
My Review:
This wine was quite rich and flavorful, even just on the smell alone; with hints of cherry, blackberry, and tobacco. The taste was punchy with the cherry (even more of a black cherry richness), and also had notes of elderberry and currant (though I couldn't tell if it was red or black). A tobacco and metallic hint came through at the end with a hint of clove and cinnamon, which was a nice complexity to the drink. I didn't drink the wine with anything in particular, but I did have it after completing my wine dinner. This wine was great to drink later in the evening, and I was able to pick up quite a few notes that might have been from other wines I drank that night.
I usually get really overwhelmed by richer reds (especially with the tannins), but this was a pleasant wine to drink. The various notes in the wine worked really well together but it wasn't as intense as I would have anticipated.
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