Name: Bogle Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Region: Clarksburg/Central Valley

Country: USA

Year: 2013

Price: $11

 

Review (Bogle Vineyards): Irresistible vanilla and intriguing black plums lay way to the dense and concentrated wine that is the Cabernet Sauvignon. Deeply extracted and complex dark fruit enhance the full-bodied character, and touches of toasted hazelnut and spicy clove are left by the 12 months of aging in one year old American oak. Ample tannins and an enduring finish will allow this wine to cellar for another 6-8 years, but don’t let anyone say you can’t enjoy it now…(http://www.boglewinery.com/ourwines_cabernetsauvignon.php)

 

My Review: I tasted this wine along with the Blackstone Merlot and they both made me feel like an idiot because I had a hard time picking out descriptors, as opposed to the white wines I've been drinking.  This wine had a ruby red color and a bouquet of berries  and possibly cedar.  There were moderate tannins and a taste of almost a vanilla cigar.  After reading the tasting notes, the cedar smell was probably something else woody, since it was aged in oak. This was more fruity than the merlot, but more tannic and dry.