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| The Front Label |
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| The Back Label |
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| (This was after I opened the Wine) |
When I looked around online for shop/wine critic/winery reviews of this wine, I, at first, came up empty. Luckily, I found some reviews on a shop site of this wine. I have included the screenshot of two of the reviews as well as the rating. The overall rating, unfortunately, is based on all vintages and not just one.
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| From vivino.com (https://www.vivino.com/US/en/california-dream-cabernet-sauvignon/w/4600608) |
Looking in the Wine Folly text, specifically page 88, Cabernet Sauvignon wines are typically on the moderate to high bitter side due to the higher Tannin in them and are full-body wines. Typical flavors and aromas can include Black cherry and blackberries, as well as oak-aging aromas such as vanilla (pp 30-31).
I tried this wine twice. The first time was right after opening it and it was, for me, very bitter at first. It is a darker wine and in the glass looks ruby colored. When I swished it and then smelled it, I got a very strong scent of cherry, When I tasted it, it was very dry and heavily cherry flavored with another fruit flavor in it but I could not place it.
After I let it decant for about an hour, I tried it again. This time it was still bitter but I could taste the cherry flavor as well as some hints of vanilla and another spice which was a bit stronger. However, like how I could not place the other fruit flavor, I could not place this taste either. I did not have this wine with food, unfortunately.
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| (After decanting it) |
I would rate this wine a 2.5 out of 5. It is mainly because of how dry it was and the overwhelming cherry flavor. It was the first ever wine I tried. It is possible that if I try it again after this class, the rating will change.
