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Segal's Cabernet Sauvignon Special Reserve

 

Winery: Segal's

Year: 2002

Type: Red

Country: Israel (Upper Galilee)

Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Note: Aged for 14 months in French & American oak barrels.

Alcohol: 13.5%

Mevushal: No

Date Reviewed: 5/10/06

 

Color: 2 (of 3)

Note: A bright, shining dark purple. It looks a little thinner at the edges than other Cabs.

 

Aroma: 6 (of 7)

Note: Smells of cedar, ripe berries and cigars. It's actually quite nice, although the wood aroma may be a little strong for some.

 

Taste: 9 (of 10)

Note: Beautifully complex flavors of berries, nuts, pepper and smoke. A nice long dry finish. This is a wonderful blending of flavors that works very well. This is a very nice Cabernet and definitiely recommended.

 

Total: 17 (of 20)

 

Food: I enjoyed this with hamburgers and corn on the cob on the grill for the first time this year. Spring is here!

 

Compare to :

Tishbi Cabernet Sauvignon

Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon

Barkan Galil Cabernet Sauvignon

Saslove Cabernet Sauvignon

Dalton Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Herzog Special Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Yatir Forest

 

 

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