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Arrington Vineyards

Arrington Vineyards
2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, Horse Heaven Hills

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14% RS: .05%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$32

Arrington Vineyards
2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, Horse Heaven Hills

Pair this wine with:
Beef Vegetables

Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14% RS: .05%
Ruby black color. Aromas and flavors of black plum and baked blueberries, fudge, and leather poach of pipe tobacco with a velvety, lively, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, interesting, medium-long finish that exhibits nuances of blackberry and blueberry, leather, cocoa nibs, and purple flowers with crunchy, chewy tannins and light oak flavor. A nice house wine, very food friendly, and will please most Cabernet drinkers in any banquet setting.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World
Aroma Aroma: black plum and baked blueberries, fudge, and leather poach of pipe tobacco
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with nuances of blackberry and blueberry, leather, cocoa nibs, and purple flowers
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now with food and on its own
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Steak & Potatoes, Beef Stew
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A nice house wine, very food friendly, and will please most Cabernet drinkers in any banquet setting.

The Producer

Arrington Vineyards

The Producer
6211 Patton Rd
Arrington, TN 37014
USA
1 615-395-0102

Their Portfolio

88 Arrington Vineyards 2021 Chardonnay, Tennessee 14% (USA) $26.00.
87 Arrington Vineyards 2018 Petite Sirah, American 14.8% (USA) $34.00.
86 Arrington Vineyards 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon, Tennessee 14.5% (USA) $30.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards 2020 Russell Family Select, Merlot, Tennessee 14% (USA) $30.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards 2021 Kinzley Reserve, Sauvignon Blanc, Tennessee 13% (USA) $22.00.
87 Arrington Vineyards NV Pinot Noir, Santa Barbara County 14% (USA) $25.00.
86 Arrington Vineyards 2021 Riesling, Columbia Valley 12.5% (USA) $22.00.
BR Arrington Vineyards 2021 Stag’s White Blend, American 13% (USA) $24.00. - Bronze Medal
BR Arrington Vineyards 2021 Antebellum Tennessee Whiskey Barrel-Aged White Blend, Tennessee 14.5% (USA) $28.00. - Bronze Medal
85 Arrington Vineyards NV Celebration Blanc Sparkling Wine, Washington 13% (USA) $36.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards NV Celebration Sparkling Rosé , Washington 13% (USA) $36.00.
BR Arrington Vineyards 2021 Sparkle Blanc, Tennessee 13.5% (USA) $45.00. - Bronze Medal
86 Arrington Vineyards 2020 Sparkle The Rosé, Tennessee 13.5% (USA) $45.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards 2020 KB 14*20 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain 15% (USA) $58.00.
91 Arrington Vineyards 2021 Russell, Merlot, Walla Walla Valley 14% (USA) $30.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards 2022 Kinzley Reserve, Sauvignon Blanc, Yakima Valley 13% (USA) $24.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon, Horse Heaven Hills 14% (USA) $32.00.
86 Arrington Vineyards 2020 Pinot Noir, California 14% (USA) $27.00.
91 Arrington Vineyards 2022 Chardonnay, Washington 13% (USA) $27.00.
86 Arrington Vineyards 2023 Kinzley, Sauvignon Blanc, American 13% (USA) $24.00.
87 Arrington Vineyards 2021 Russell Family Select, Merlot, American 14% (USA) $30.00.
86 Arrington Vineyards 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon, American 14% (USA) $32.00.
94 Arrington Vineyards 2021 KB 15*21 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain 15% (USA) $58.00.
86 Arrington Vineyards 2023 Chardonnay, American 13% (USA) $27.00.
89 Arrington Vineyards 2013 KB 713 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain 15% (USA) $150.00.
92 Arrington Vineyards 2014 KB 814 Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain 15% (USA) $150.00.
88 Arrington Vineyards 2015 KB 915 , Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain 15% (USA) $80.00.

Cabernet Sauvignon

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Serve in a Cabernet Wine Glass
Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety that is the source of some of the world’s most celebrated and longest-lived reds. Grown in many countries, it is most famous in Bordeaux, where it is the principal grape in red Bordeaux as well as in California – especially Napa Valley- where it is labeled by its varietal name.

Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas and flavors of black currant, cassis, black cherry and sometimes plum (in warmer regions or vintages). Quite rich on the palate, the variety is very tannic, giving its wines a bitter edge in their youth, but also providing the wines with great aging potential, with top flight examples drinking well for as long as four or five decades. Given their richness and flavor profile, wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon need to be paired with rich red meats, such as steaks and roasts as well as game.

Besides France and California, other countries with warm growing regions also excel with Cabernet Sauvignon. These include the Maipo and Colchagua Valleys in Chile as well as the Bolgheri district, situated on the coast of Tuscany.

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