John's Wine Blog

  Name: Robert Mondavi Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Region: Acampo, California Country: USA Year: 2019 Price: $11 Winery Review : Our Cabernet Sauvignon is crafted with fruit from California’s cool-climate Central Coast vineyards, where slow ripening encourages complexity and depth of flavor. Blended with a touch of Syrah, Carignan, Malbec, Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot, this wine shows decadent aromas of black cherry, blackberry, vanilla, toasty oak and coffee. Ripe and elegant, with soft red and black fruit flavors and gentle tannins, this wine was aged in a combination of American and French oak. Wine Folly: Page 89: "One of Napa Valley's most notable features is volcanic soils, which give its wines a distinct dusty and minerally character" I can definitely taste this coming from this wine. It also mentioned tasting like Blackberry and "black current"--I can relate to this. It also mentioned Tobacco, which I can oddly taste as well. My Review: Unlike a lot of

       My journey with wine starts like how I feel most peoples journey starts- with my parents. My Mom and Dad are not really drinkers but on the occasion they do have a drink, it is almost exclusively wine with dinner. While I can't exactly pinpoint the first time I tried wine, I'm pretty sure it was a sip from my parents glass at the dinner table. Since my parents prefer red wine over white, that was my first experience. I remember it being bitter and making my mouth and face pucker since I wasn't used to the taste or the alcohol.        Now that I am of the legal age to drink and can buy my own alcohol, I have tried some wine. That ranges from the cheapest boxed wine you can get in 7-11, to ordering the most expensive bottle at dinner in my last night in Prague. So far in my journey of wine, I have determined that I like the actual taste of white wine better than red wine, but appreciate the flavor of red wine at dinner more than white...if that makes any sense. As I ha