Tasting Notes for Kendall-Jackson Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Red Wines	Cabernet Sauvignon	Sonoma County	California

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Date Printed: 5/25/2013

Kendall-Jackson Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

(search item no. 97930)

PRICE ON 5/25/2013: $27.99

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2009 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2008 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2008 The Wine Advocate rating: 90 points
2007 The Wine Advocate rating: 93 points
2007 Wine Enthusiast rating: 91 points
2007 Wine & Spirits rating: 90 points
2005 The Wine News rating: 89 points
2004 Wine Enthusiast rating: 89 points
2003 The Wine Advocate rating: 89 points
2002 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points
2001 Wine Enthusiast rating: 90 points

Winemaker's Notes:

A blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1.5% Cabernet Franc, 1.0% Petit Verdot and 0.5% Malbec.

Well-defined currants, blackberry, blueberry and cassis make for abundant fruit on the attack. Sturdy, complex tannins balance the acidity throughout. Notes of smoke, mocha, cedar and lots of rich oak round off the long, earthy, heady finish.

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Additional wines from Kendall-Jackson:

2010 Grand Reserve Chardonnay (search item no. 116198)
2010 Summation White (search item no. 115664)
2010 Vintner's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (search item no. 118128)
2011 Avant Chardonnay (search item no. 121465)
2011 Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay (search item no. 121634)
2011 Vintner's Reserve Sauvignon Blanc (search item no. 117642)
2012 Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay (search item no. 124176)

About Kendall-Jackson:

Back in 1974, Jess Jackson saw in the fine vineyards of California's cool coastal regions fruit with a variety of outstanding flavors. What if there was a way to produce from this abundance, a single outstanding "cuvée" that offered both quality and value? The result, first released in 1983, was Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay, a rich, round and flavorful wine, made with hand-crafted methods. That same year, Grand Reserve was introduced, a line of ultra-premium wines that represented the full potential of California's finest vineyards and winemaking. Today, over 5,000 acres of vineyard in California's coastal regions are farmed by Kendall-Jackson. Four separate wineries house what is possibly the single largest barrel-fermentation project in the world. But perhaps most important, is that Kendall-Jackson remains a family-owned winery.