2006 Double Diamond (Schrader) Cabernet Sauvignon Amber Knolls Vineyard | Wine Spectator Forums

2006 Double Diamond (Schrader) Cabernet Sauvignon Amber Knolls Vineyard - USA, California, North Coast, Red Hills Lake County (8/29/2009)
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 0.5 hours --

NOSE: red fruits and oak; hint of spice; a bit alcoholic.

BODY: purple-garnet color of medium-deep depth; medium bodied.

TASTE: very tart; oaky; hint of alcohol; mostly red fruits on the palate, perhaps some loganberry too; very fruit forward; not a typical Cab., to me; 14.7% alc.; medium length finish; somewhat hot. Overall, I think this is a solid, and kind of atypical, Cabernet Sauvignon. That said, I do think there are better $30 wines out there.

B: 50, 5, 11, 15, 6 = (87 pts.)

Posted from CellarTracker

9/1/093:19 PM

Original Post

flacoMember

This wine always tastes like medicine / cough syrup to me...average wine but different...maybe 85 pts nothing remotely resembles a Schrader wine.

Add Reply

Sign In To Reply

<div id="{%=id%}" class="reveal-modal small h-alert-modal-popup" data-reveal>
    <div class="first-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0" aria-label="Inside Modal"></div>

<h4 id="{%=id%}_title" class="margin-bottom-10 popup-title"></h4>
    <div id="{%=id%}_body" class="margin-bottom-10 popup-body">
        </div>

<ul id="{%=id%}ButtonGroup" class="button-group h-popup-buttons even-button-group even-1">
    <li id="{%=id%}Okay_buttonContainer"><a id="{%=id%}Okay" href="javascript:void(0);" class="button success no-margin-bottom h-alert-modal-ok-button" role="button">OK</a><script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            function {%=id%}Okay_click(event, data) {
            {%=id%}Popup.hide();
        }
        
                $('#{%=id%}Okay').on('click', {%=id%}Okay_click);
        })();
    </script></li></ul><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close Modal">&#215;</a><div class="last-modal-focus focus-utility-element" tabindex="0"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
        (function() {
            {%=id%}Popup = new SS.Popup.ModalPopup('{%=id%}');
        })();
    </script>