Today's post is just a quick Wine Flash covering California-based Rutherford Vintners' 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley.
Poured nice and red, with some aroma of fruit in the glass. As you can see below, the wine is a solid red when candled.
Good usual cabernet tastes - thin on taste and low on oak and acid. Some ripe fruit flavors, which was nice, but such tastes die away quickly. Definitely not my favorite vintage - not a huge Cab fan to begin with - so I'm disappointed that this bottle didn't knock it out of the park. It wasn't cheap, and came to me on a recommendation, so I'm doubly disappointed. Still, though, you can't always judge a vintage by one bottle - I'd try it again, to see if perhaps I got a bad year or something.
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