{"id":12,"date":"2007-10-06T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2007-10-06T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenswineguide.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2007-10-07T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2007-10-07T16:28:11","slug":"the-2007-cabernet-sauvignon-blind-tasting-results-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Blind Tasting Results Are In"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sebastiani<\/font><\/p>\n

Our winner for the second consecutive year was the 2004 Sebastiani “Alexander Valley” $32 Cabernet<\/a><\/strong>! <\/span>Last year the 2003 won this event. <\/span>Congrats go out to the winemaker, Mark Lyon, on his second consecutive victory. <\/span>This wine finished with a very impressive score of 91.56. <\/span><\/p>\n

We tried 21 Cabernets in all. <\/span>We recommended three Cabs as “Very Good +”<\/strong> including the Sebastiani. Seven<\/span> additional Cabs were also recommended as “Very Good<\/strong>“. <\/span>So ten out of out of 21made the cut. Four<\/span> Cabs qualified as Good, but we only recommend “Very Good”<\/strong> wines. Seven<\/span> other wines “failed” to qualify as Good.<\/p>\n

\"MerriamIn second place with a score of 90.38 was the 2004 Merriam “Block 21” $35<\/strong> <\/a>from Dry Creek.The panel felt this was a terrific porterhouse steak wine. <\/span>This wine is also cellar worthy. <\/span>It will not be released until February 2008, so you have an opportunity to get in line to buy it. <\/span>In third place was the Bravante 2003 “Howell Mountain” $34 Cabernet<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span>This terrific wine finished with a score of 90.13. <\/span>This small winery has been making some very good wine lately. <\/span>You should also check out their red blend, the “2004 Trio”.<\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The rest of the wines were all “Very Good<\/strong>” and definitely recommended. <\/span>These wines stood out as distinctively better than their competition. <\/font><\/p>\n

\"BlacestoneThe best value wine came in fourth place. <\/span>This value wine was the 2005 Blackstone California $9<\/a><\/strong>. <\/span>This wine is a great bargain. <\/span>We added it to our practical party case on the website and you should stock up with some if you are having some big holiday parties. <\/span>Another fine value was the 2004 Dry Creek Vineyards Cabernet for $22.<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>This wine has some complexity and is another good value. It would pair nicely with grilled steak.<\/font><\/p>\n

Also in the money were two wines from the Finger Lakes. <\/span>Our recent trip out there proved that 2005 was a really nice year for red wines from that region. <\/span>Under the foil this proved to be true again. <\/span>Standing Stone submitted a 2005 Reserve Cabernet $28 <\/strong><\/a>that finished in fifth place with a score of 88.31 and the Standing Stone 2005 “Pinnacle”<\/a><\/strong> $21 which is a Cab based red blend wine that finished in 10th place. <\/span>Like the Merriam, these wines were sneak peaks and will be released this winter.<\/font><\/p>\n

Other wines that made the cut were as follows:<\/font><\/p>\n

#7 Raymond “Reserve” 2004<\/a> <\/strong>(Napa Valley, CA) $35 (87.25)<\/font>
\n#8 Michael & David 2003 “Earthquake”<\/strong> <\/a>(Lodi, CA) $28 (87.63)<\/font>
\n#9 Marquee 2003 “Signature” <\/strong><\/a>(Langhorne Creek, Aust) $20 (87.63)<\/font><\/p>\n

As you can see most of the best Cabernets cost over $20. <\/span>The Blackstone was the exception. <\/span>The four wines that qualified as Good<\/strong> were in the $8 to $15 range. I<\/span>f you are looking for a “Very Good<\/strong>” Cabernet it appears that you might have to spend more than $20 to reach this goal.<\/font><\/p>\n

Next month we cover “Miscellaneous White<\/strong>” wines and it should be real fun. <\/span>I look forward to sharing the results with you.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Our winner for the second consecutive year was the 2004 Sebastiani “Alexander Valley” $32 Cabernet! Last year the 2003 won this event. Congrats go out to the winemaker, Mark Lyon, on his second consecutive victory. This wine finished with a very impressive score of 91.56. We tried 21 Cabernets in all. We recommended three Cabs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,11,8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blind-tastings","category-cabernet-sauvignon","category-kens-wine-guide-tasting-panel","category-wine-recommendations","category-wine-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}