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Delectus 2012 French Wedding Cabernet Sauvignon (Knights Valley)

Cabernet Sauvignon · Delectus

Knights Valley

Quality

A 0–100 expert rating: 80–84 good, 85–89 very good, 90–94 excellent, 95–100 classic. Higher means a more highly regarded wine.

81/100Good

This bitter wine is high-octane in puckering tannin and very ripe fruit. The finish leans towards a taste of pencil shavings and tobacco.

Flavor profile

An estimate of the wine's structure: body (how full it feels), acidity (tartness), sweetness, and tannin (the drying grip in reds).

Body75%

Acidity50%

Sweetness10%

Tannin90%

tobaccoripe

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