J. Lohr Signature Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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The 2016 J. Lohr Signature Cabernet Sauvignon ripens early with excellent color and purity of fruit. A small percentage of Cabernet Franc brings freshness to the blend, while the obscure Bordeaux variety Saint-Macaire adds density and a savory quality. A touch of Petit Verdot and Malbec contributes structure, color, and bright fruit.
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Dense in the glass, this top-tier Cabernet Sauvignon includes small additions of Saint-Macaire, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Elegant layers of black currant, black cherry, milk chocolate and cappuccino show on the nose. An expertly chiseled structure is immediately apparent on the palate, where rich and deep yet balanced flavors of black-cherry cream and mocha latte prove luxurious.
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The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes for this rich and seductive red were sourced from Beck Vineyard, located in the Creston District at an elevation of 1,700 feet; small percentages of Cabernet Franc, Saint-Macaire, Petit Verdot, and Malbec were blended in. A nosing of cinnamon, wild berries, and heather leads to a sumptuous and concentrated palate of coffee-laden blackberry and notable phenolic maturity.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2016 J. Lohr Signature Cabernet Sauvignon is an outstanding wine, and tells about excitement now being generated from Paso Robles. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers a delightful explosion of delight on the palate. Enjoy its formidable aromas and flavors of ripe boysenberries and oak with a grilled Porterhouse. (Tasted: March 16, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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The flagship Bordeaux blend, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Signature is a mix of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 6% Saint Macaire, 4% Petit Verdot, and 4% Malbec aged 19 months in new barrels. This deep, inky colored effort offers a ripe, classic Cabernet nose of blackcurrants, dark chocolate, tobacco lead, espresso roast, and lead pencil. Rich, full-bodied, and concentrated, it needs 2-4 years to integrate its oak, but it’s a ripe, powerful, sexy wine that should keep for over a decade.
Rating: 92(+)
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With its exotic, amaro-like scents of coffee grounds, baking spices, cassis and molasses, this wine is savory and lean. Still, the flavors are inky and warm, with a lush core of sweet dried fig. For a Tomahawk pork chop.
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Perfumed and gently spicy, with lush bramble and damson fruits. Complexity from cigars and menthol, and fantastic energy on the palate.
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For fifty years and through two generations, the Lohr family and their team have been leaders in the California wine industry. Founder Jerry Lohr and his three children Steve, Cynthia, and Lawrence oversee one of the country’s most successful and trusted fine wine labels. With first plantings in Monterey in 1972 and then in Paso Robles in 1986, the J. Lohr team helped write the book on sustainable winegrowing on the Central Coast.
Today, J. Lohr farms more than 4,000 acres of estate vineyards in Monterey’s Arroyo Seco and Santa Lucia Highlands appellations, Paso Robles, and St. Helena in the Napa Valley. J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines produces eight tiers of award-winning releases: J. Lohr Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, J. Lohr Cuvée Series, J. Lohr Vineyard Series, J. Lohr Gesture, J. Lohr Pure Paso Proprietary Red Wine, J. Lohr Estates, J. Lohr Monterey Roots, and ARIEL Vineyards. J. Lohr was honored with the 2020 Green Medal Leader Award in recognition of the company’s decades-long commitment to sustainability.
As Paso Robles, California has soared in number of wineries and gained in popularity, Cabernet Sauvignon has firmly taken root as the region’s number one varietal. Alone, it accounts for just over 40% of plantings and is grown throughout both the western and eastern sides of the appellation. Though viticulture here dates back to the 18th century, Cabernet Sauvignon didn’t emerge as a significant grape here until the 1970’s. But since then it has definitely made up for lost time.
Legendary winemaker and consultant Andre Tchelistcheff first recognized Paso’s potential with Cabernet Sauvignon in the early 1960’s. The calcareous soil and dramatic diurnal temperature changes of Paso’s westside particularly intrigued him. Today modern winemaking techniques and focused experimentation with various clones, rootstocks and vineyard strategies optimize the region's ideal combination of soil and climate to deliver the best fruit possible.
The results are evident in the glass. Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon can be mesmerizing, with rich aromas and flavors of blackberry, cassis, black cherry, graphite, toasty oak, vanilla and spice. The structure, balance and unbridled opulence of these wines impress from first sip to last. Not surprisingly, Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignons have steadily grown in reputation, not just in the U.S., but around the world.