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mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Bottler
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 | | 02/14/2006 10:16 PM |
| | I forgot, what is the bottle % of CS needed to be called a bottle of cabernet sauvignon in California? 85? | | | |
| JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
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| | mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 02/14/2006 10:26 PM |
| | thank you | | | |
| David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15709
| | 02/14/2006 11:34 PM |
| You mean no one is going to argue this one?
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| Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4809
| | 02/15/2006 1:01 AM |
| | oh, all right, if you have to have an argument, it is 75% of that year's Cabernet. That is, if you blend back a little of the next year's cab - even though it is cab, it doesn't count. | | | |
| Dave Tong
Santa Clara, CA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1334
| | 02/15/2006 1:12 AM |
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oh, all right, if you have to have an argument, it is 75% of that year's Cabernet. That is, if you blend back a little of the next year's cab - even though it is cab, it doesn't count.
Really? I never thought about it before.
So you're saying that a wine that was 70% 2002 Cabernet, 15% 2002 other varietals and 15% other vintage Cabernet could not legally be labelled Cabernet even though it contained >75% Cab, though presumably it could legally be labelled 2002 vintage? | |
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| skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5452
| | 02/15/2006 1:18 AM |
| | Currently to be a vintage wine the wine must contain 95% of the listed vintage. Some folks want to reduce this number. | | | |
| Dave Tong
Santa Clara, CA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1334
| | 02/15/2006 1:33 AM |
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Currently to be a vintage wine the wine must contain 95% of the listed vintage. Some folks want to reduce this number.
You're right. 85% is the percentage of varietal in Australia and most other countries.
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So you're saying that a wine that was 70% 2002 Cabernet, 25% 2002 other varietals and 5% other vintage Cabernet could not legally be labelled Cabernet even though it contained >75% Cab, though presumably it could legally be labelled 2002 vintage?
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| Joseph Filippi
Grape Picker
Posts:22
| | 05/07/2006 4:50 AM |
| | that wine can be called a 2002 Cabernet | | | |
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