Date Tasted: March 7, 2011
Vin­tage: 2007
Vari­etal: Caber­net Sauvi­gnon
Win­ery: Kokomo Win­ery
Region: Dry Creek Val­ley, Cal­i­for­nia
Alco­hol: 14.2%

2007 Kokomo Dry Creek Val­ley Caber­net Sauvignon

Appear­ance:
Very dark ruby color, lightly paints the glass pink when swirled.

Nose:
On the nose we get tart blue­berry pie and dry fruit, such as prune and fig.  There are also hints of toast and choco­late.  A lit­tle herba­ceous (leafiness/bell pep­per) to it, but not overwhelming.

Taste:
Nice bal­ance of sweet­ness and acid­ity.  Mod­er­ate tan­nins round out a nice over­all mouth­feel on this wine.  This wine really coats the tongue and leaves a nice lin­ger­ing black­berry flavor.

Con­clu­sion:
Nice bot­tle for the $24 I paid on Wine Spies.  I would expect this wine to get much bet­ter with 3–5 more years in the bot­tle.  Would go well with roasted pork, pork chops or ribs off the grill.

Final Grade: B.  A real plea­sure for the price.

Novem­ber 2, 2011 Update:  I brought a bot­tle of the 2007 Kokomo Cab to a fam­ily func­tion and every­one who tried it thor­oughly enjoyed it.  A cou­ple times I heard “nice cab” and “good fruit.”  Cheers.

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