Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Modesto, San Joaquin Valley, California
Country: United States of America
Year: No Year
Price: $1.25/187ml
ABV: 13%
Their review: "Big berry flavors like currant, raspberry, and blackberry jam with a velvety vanilla finish. Lush and lasting, it's sure to make a big impression."
My review: Even darker than the merlot, perhaps more red than purple. There is more of a choclately perfumyness on this nose, but other than that it has that familiar black peppery smell of a cab sauv. Not much dryness to it, not very boozy, not very peppery, not very full-bodied... this is underwhelming. I should expect this given the quantity of wine Barefoot distributes and the price at which it distributes it... but the merlot really pleasantly surprised me and I was hoping this would too. I can faintly, faintly, pick up the aforementioned vanilla, but it is not "velvety" and is pretty late in the finish. The peppery nose does not translate to the flavor to any high degree either, and certainly not to a degree deserving of the praise "big impression." Again, a pretty underwhelming, one-dimensional wine, but drinkable and affordable. Would recommend it to somebody perhaps just getting their feet wet with cabernet sauvignons.
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