VINARTE | Soare | Cabernet Sauvignon | 2018
cabernet sauvignon
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Today we are going to review another single-varietal cabernet sauvignon wine, this time one from the famous Samburesti-Bolovanu vineyards, a wine that is rightly considered to be one of the best that Romania has produced – Soare Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 by Domaine Vinarte. Cabernet Sauvignon is grown all over the world in a wide range of climates and regions and it can produce wines that are very high in tannins and acidity, that can mature and develop for many years in the bottle. Cabernet Sauvignon is also a late ripening grape variety, which means that it is best suited for warm climates, where it is capable to produce wines that can reach into realms of perfection, where they are rarely followed. The constant search for perfection makes this wine a real classic – vinified in a genuine Bordeaux-style, with carefully selected, hand picked grapes, where production was limited to 3500 kg/ha, so that all the grapes reach optimal maturity and flavour concentration. The wine has been aged for 18 months in small, french oak barriques, bottled and then aged in the the cellar for an additional 6 months before the market release. That said and without further ado, let’s take a look at the wine tasting results below.
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Take a look at the tasting notes below and our detailed assessment of the wine:
//Visual
colour: deep ruby color
clarity: hazy garnet shades
//Olfactory
intensity: pronounced & rustic
fruit profile: black fruits
__black fruits: bramble | blackberry | aronia berry | black plum | blackcurrant | black cherry
fruit character: ripe
//Flavor
non fruit: spice | oak | savory | earth
__spice: peppercorn | black pepper | thyme
__oak: sun-dried oakwood | black tea | cherry tree wood | tobacco
__savory: black olive | game | veal | musk | barnyard | horse saddle | hints of brettanomyces
__earthy: black soil | tar | compost
primary layer: savory-gamey
//Palate
sweetness: dry
acidity: high
alcohol: medium+
tannin: high
__grip: ripe
balance: good
__dominant: alcohol
body: firm | bold
//Taste
fruit profile: black fruits
fruit character: overripe
non fruit: spice & game
finish: long
aftertaste: seedy-crisp
//Scoring
VINARTE | Soare | Cabernet Sauvignon | 2018
variety: cabernet sauvignon
country: Romania | Muntenia
region: Samburesti
rating: 93.8
//Conclusion
maturity: developing | age for 3 to 5 more years
verdict: great | a must try wine
//Prediction
predicted RP rating: 90
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This is definitely a great wine of Romania and, with a total of 93.8 points scored, this wine is right there, among the best wines we’ve rated so far. Check our complete database on the wine rating page, where you can find all the wines that we have tasted and reviewed or go to the about us page and find out more about our exquisite rating system.
Verdict: this is a firm, complex and rustic cabernet sauvignon wine, with a nuanced, gamey-delicate profile and a voluptuous palate. It is still in the development phase, therefore we would recommend to give it 3 or 5 more years of bottle ageing, in order to allow it to reach its full potential, but don’t overdo it as it is always better to drink a wine a year too soon than a day too late. On the nose the wine brings a mixture of ripe black fruits in the foreground, followed by a very nuanced gamey-rustic background and an earthy-spicy layer in between the two. On the palate the wine delivers crisp acidity, ripe and fine-grained tannins and an overwhelming touch of alcoholic warmth that is showing through on the mouthfeel, which leads to a seedy-crisp aftertaste. All in all, this is a very delicate, old-world cabernet sauvignon wine with a plump and grippy mouthfeel and a quite rustic aromatic profile. Our recommendation is to pair it with naturally scented, gamey dishes, like for example some lamb chops or wild boar. Cheers!
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