Winemaker Notes
Plum and dark berries on the nose and at first sip; Oak spices; Mocha and cocoa; Earthy with fine tannins; Smooth & velvety finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
I often ask myself do I love New World or Old World wines? Cabernets from California are often loaded with oak, extracted and, alcoholic. The same grape variety from France is sometimes rustic and earthy. In the end, true wine lovers only care about how good the wines taste. The 2015 Bellacosa Cabernet Sauvignon shows wonderful richness and elegance. This wine exhibits black fruit and dust in the aromas and flavors as it settles onto the palate with lasting richness and balance. (Tasted: May 15, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
Bold smoky aromas join equally bold and concentrated fruit flavors in this full-bodied well-oaked wine. Beyond the wood smoke and grilled meat components are ample blackberry, dark chocolate and black-cherry flavors.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Reaching up California's coastline and into its valleys north of San Francisco, the North Coast AVA includes six counties: Marin, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake. While Napa and Sonoma enjoy most of the glory, the rest produce no shortage of quality wines in an intriguing and diverse range of styles.
Climbing up the state's rugged coastline, the chilly Marin County, just above the City and most of Sonoma County, as well as Mendocino County on the far north end of the North Coast successfully grow cool-climate varieties like Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and in some spots, Riesling. Inland Lake County, on the other hand, is considerably warmer, and Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and Sauvignon Blanc produce some impressive wines with affordable price tags.