Maryland Wine Win: 2007 Solomons Island Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
May I produdly present my tasting note for the Solomons Cab Reserve, easily one the of the strongest Maryland reds that I’ve had.
Deep ruby color that got darker and more purple as the night went on. Very light nose. Herd to get much of anything from it. Herbal if anything, some floral too. On the palette it is spicy up front, sour cherry taste and pucker on the pack. Little tobacco-ish finish. Overall a very nice, middleweight Cabernet. Not a very complex wine. Maybe… maybe could stand to lay around in the bottle for a few years.
February 15th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Solomon’s seems to be one of the real leaders in the Southern MD area, but I’ve never really known for their dry wines – I seem to remember the tasting list at the winery including maybe 2/3 or even 3/4 sweet/fruit wines. They do have a good Riesling Ice Wine, however, if you’re into the sweeter stuff; I believe it has more than 10% residual sugar.
I’ll have to keep an eye out for the reserve at the festivals this spring!
March 13th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Have you been to the winery? I’ll have to stop in during my trip in April. Just curious, what was the price on the reserve?
March 15th, 2010 at 6:31 am
I have not but it has been on my todo list for some time. I picked this bottle up for $19.