Reviews & Ratings

2016 Taub Family Cabernet Sauvignon "Rutherford"

Winery: Taub Family

Vintage: 2016

Wine Name/Vineyard: "Rutherford"

Wine Category: Cabernet Sauvignon

Grape blend: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Bottle size: 750 ml

Region: Rutherford

State or country: CA

Price: $65

Cases produced: 575

KWG Score: 92.5 (based on 2 reviews)

Ken's Wine Rating: Very Good+ (92)

Review date: January 1, 2021

Wine Review: This deep ruby colored Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford opens with a black currant and vanilla-cola bouquet with hints of old leather and black raspberry. On the palate, this wine is medium bodied, balanced, round and smooth. The flavor profile is a black currant and toasty oak blend with notes of integrated minerality, black licorice, black raspberry and hints of mochaccino, nutmeg and a touch of mint. The finish is dry and its flavors and well-managed dusty fine-grained tannins drift away nicely. The Panel would pair this elegant Cab in the near term well with a filet mignon or black truffle mousse pate. Enjoy – KWGTP

Winemaker Notes: Dark garnet-purple in color. Presents a lifted bouquet with aromatics of plum and cherry combined with cedar box, dried herbs, graphite, mint and dusty earth. The wine offers a polished and alluring palate full of plum, dark maraschino cherry, roasted coffee bean, tobacco leaf, bergamot tea and subtle vanillin braced by a backbone of supple, dusty tannins. The structure builds to a lengthy, sustained savory finish balanced by the concentrated layers of fruit, dried herbs, and classic Rutherford soil-tinged minerality.

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