Cabernet Sauvignon around the World
Opening Wine
Domaine
Ballade Cabernet Rose 2012, Gascony, France
Pleasant body, moderate nose; overall a very nice sipping
wine
2012 Maipe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza, Argentina
Good nose, lots of red fruit. Nicely balanced, lots of red
berry fruit taste, decent length aftertaste. Nice wine for the price, good with
the food. 100% Cabernet.
2011 Mollydooker Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale The Maître
D', Australia
Big fruit nose, hints of mint in the red fruit. Nice big
mouthfeel, red fruit/berry flavors, mint and a berry-chocolate hint. Good long
aftertaste, well balanced. 100% Cabernet.
2009 Tolaini Toscana Tenuta S. Giovanni Valdisanti , Tuscany,
Italy
Almost blumted nose, some fruit but a little hidden. Big wine with a tannic backbone – berry and
chalk flavors mixed in. Somewhat closed at the end – needs time in the bottle
to be more user friendly. A blend of cabernet sauvignon, sangiovese and
cabernet franc.
2010 Spring Valley Frederick Walla Walla Valley Cabernet
Sauvignon, Washington State
Big berry nose, fairly open. Berries, red and black, on the
tongue with wisps of chocolate and slate in a broad mouthfeel. Tannic, but not overbearing, very nice would
be better in a few years of bottle aging. A blend of cabernet sauvignon,
cabernet franc, merlot and petit verdot.
Top vote getter was the Mollydooker, by a wide margin.
Until next time, keep popping those corks and I’ll meet you
behind the grape vines.
