California Cabernet Taste Off.

California Cabernet Taste Off. – Episode #242

May 24, 2007

Gary sits down with 3 very different California Cabernet.

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“Please send me a wristband ……I know I know….I’m just 2 years 1 m…” by Adrian
“QOTD: Water. Many of my wines are too young to be drinking now or sh…” by Dessert Wine Nerd
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Clos Du Bois Cabernet SauvignonSonoma Cabernet Sauvignon
2004 Seventy Five Wine Co. Cabernet SauvignonOther California Cabernet Sauv
2002 Chateau St Jean Cinq CepagesSonoma Cabernet Sauvignon

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132 Responses

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June 24, 2009

Adrian
Please send me a wristband ……I know I know….I’m just 2 years 1 month too late but no harm trying…… Great show as usual… ..all the way from Malaysia…..
July 10, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
QOTD: Water. Many of my wines are too young to be drinking now or should be opened for a special time and last memorial day ( as I write this on 7/10/08 ) I worked then came home and just relaxed… Is it just me or have you said the phrase “As you can see, really nice dark red color” about 1000 times so far on the show? So the Clos du Bois didnt pass the test? Ive seen that in many a store and am quite happy now that I didnt spend the $15 or so dollars on it.
June 5, 2007

ktw
you need to lighten up on the bashing of us SoCal women gv – is it possible they were unable to deliver on the convo because…well you know where i am going with this one
June 3, 2007

Mike Erdely
Hey, Gary. It still amazes me the way you describe the way wine smells and tastes!

QOTD, late: I ended up drinking some beer (Guinness) and some CHEAP Chianti (Piccini — I know, I know)

-ME
June 1, 2007

jbailey
Gary, you mentioned how people are looking for some mass produced wines that are easily available. How about an episode with just wines that are massed produced…like 35,000 cases or more? Just my 2 cents today.
-JB
May 30, 2007

cgf
Hey Gary,
I am catching up on some episodes. You know you tasted the ‘02 cinq cepages in episode 53 when you interviewed the winemaker margo something. I watched the ep to make sure, and you were really holding back in that interview when it came time for your synopsis on the wine. That, or bottle variation.

QOTD: Thai food and 2002 bergweiler riesling kabinett wehlennur sonnenhur. awesome combo.
also had a 2004 domaine girard sancerre and i was not very impressed the night before. the sancerres recommended in your shop have been better than the ones i have bought based on spectator’s molesworth’s recs. i like his taste in cab franc alot though.
May 28, 2007

avwineguy
Don’t say Cali!!! It’s Cal-i-for-nia.
May 28, 2007

Amy P.
QOTD – 2005 Bitch Grenache – yum!!!
May 27, 2007

GottaGoDrink
QOTD- Probably Sunday Mountain Sauv Blanc (thanks for the rec. Gary- very good stuff) with the appetizers and 2003 Carlisle Zin with the steaks.

Thanks for trying the Cal Cabs Gary, but nothing very interesting.
May 26, 2007

JayZee
QOTD: My wife is sitting here telling me that we are having ribs with a cranberry-orange glaze for dinner on Memorial Day. I am thinking that we will open a Ridge Zinfandel to go with that. So what are you going to be drinking, Gary?
May 26, 2007

Brian W Woodbury
Good start to the long weekend.
May 26, 2007

Brian W Woodbury
How about a wrist band?? Thanks!

Brian Woodbury
2017 Westbourne Way
Alpharetta, GA 30022
May 26, 2007

Karl Laczko
I’m working my way through the other Red Grape varieties and am still jaded by too much single-varietal Cab-Sauv early on. I haven’t tried any for a while and only have 5 in the cellar, with just one Californian, Jekel Vineyards 2003.

QOTD – It’s not Memorial day in the UK (we have our equivalent in November to mark the end of WWI) but it is a Holiday Monday so wine will be consumed. Not sure yet exactly what, but most likely a Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, El Quintanal.
May 25, 2007

nougat
QOTD: Starting it off with a dry gin martini, then go to some New Zealand SB and probably finish with a red from Argentina. And then I may do them all over again in reverse order while gripping cold porcelain.
May 25, 2007

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May 25, 2007

Quaker Prison
Memorial Day. Start of summer. Summer of the rosÃ©. Some nice Tavel or Domaines Ott rosÃ© this weekend (and probably every subsequent weekend).

Sad to hear about the Cinq Cepages. I have an ‘01 that I got in the (atrocious) PA state store. Was looking forward to it, now not so sure.

Hey Gary, how far are you guys from Philly? Road trip!!!
May 25, 2007

wannaBconnoisseur
Nice ep Gary!!

QOTD: Umm, let’s see, several Corona Lights, a few margaritas, maybe some rum by the pool and of course wine.
May 25, 2007

TagWorld Brian
Hey Gary,

Action figures are cool, but when are you going to get a real ol’ skool wrestler to sit in and co-host? Who’s into wine? Captain Lou? Hogan? JYD? Jesse the Body?
May 25, 2007

Jameus
Great episode! Nov. 24 /75 here man! I’ll have to seek that bottle out now for sure. This officially de-lurks me to btw Been watching for some time, keep them coming!!

What will I be drinking… I can forsee some Margarita’s and perhaps a bottle of white (trying to explore more whites) if the wife sais it’s in the budget. This wine tasting hobby can get pricy hehe.
May 25, 2007

Frank Pinto
Please send me a wristband baby!

Frank Pinto
21 Cherry Tree Lane
Chester, NJ 07930
May 25, 2007

Dusty
QOTD: toss up between caipirihna’s or margaritas…..although with the grilling my Match Vineyard Butterdragon Hill Cab is sounding awfully tempting.
May 25, 2007

Peter G.
Nice episode. I have some of the Cinq Cepage ‘02 I have been really looking forward to. But not this weekend. Beer and good tequila for me. A Memorial Day tradition!
May 25, 2007

Rick W.
QOTD
Cuvaison Chardonay
Rombauer Chardonay

Not sure if I will have any reds since this is the Holiday that we think of Summer is around the corner.
May 25, 2007

Jen
I’m Sept. 12, 1975!!!! Whoo-hoo!!! What a great year.
QOTD: Hmmm, that all depends. I may be taking a recommendation of YOURS. We aren’t grilling at home or anything, though, and might head out to Malibu for the day Monday, so I may be having seafood and beer for this holiday!! Don’t hate me.
May 25, 2007

Robert F
Too bad about that oak monster. I find that the more my nose and palate are refined, the more the oak monster makes me literally sick to my stomach. That never used to happen when I first started getting into wine. It’s kind of annoying.

QOTD: since there’s no memorial day in France, I’ll probably just be drinking the local cab franc as usual.