Today I want to talk about a wine that almost nothing is known about, at least I can't seem to find much. Today I want to discuss the 2012 Dynamite Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. A deep search on the internet will bring you to a link for their website however the link is dead. I did find an e-mail to the vineyard but that also is dead. There are some mentions of the wine but they are just that, mentions. I did find out that the inspiration for the name "Dynamite" came from Hillside Vineyards because the land was full of Volcanic rock and they needed to use Dynamite in order to plant the vines. The artist for the label is Stephen Ward and illustrates the Pomo Indian legend behind the Diamond like quam that sparkles in the soils of the Vineyard. The Moon wept when she could not be with her love, a Pomo Chieftain and her tears fell to the Earth forming glistening "moon tears". The other thing I found out is that Dynamite is owned by Diageo which is the worlds biggest spirits supplier and also owns Beaulieu Vineyards and Sterling Vineyards to name just a couple. Before we move on I also want to let you know that I paid $10 for this wine at a warehouse type liquor store and it was more that worth it.
Before we go on with the actual review I feel that I again must comment on the label. I sitting in front of my computer and am looking
at my notes here and it brings me back to seeing the bottle itself. The label
brought to mind the thoughts of a very unprofessional wine with childish
art work. I thought the label was unclassy. This seems to be a new
trend in today's wine world and I for one do not like it. When I see a silly label on a wine or a wine with a silly name I usually avoid it. How I can to but this wine I will explain a little bit later on. Having harped on the subject long enough I'll leave you with this question. How
many of you readers agree with me.
Today you are going to read about a wine that I think is fantastic. It
is truly amazing how many small label wines there out there that for
whatever reason don't make a name for themselves and yet are every bit
as good if not better that some of the big label wines that we have are
all familiar with. This is one of those wines folks. Sit back and relax
and enjoy this review and that if you can find the wine go out and buy a
few bottles for yourself. The 2012 Dynamite Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of both Cabernet Sauvignon as well as Cabernet
Franc and what a blend they make here together in this wine. O.K let's
start off with the Bouquet of this wine. This wine was weird on the nose
because although there was a lot of notes on the nose but none of them
were that you would call strong or overpowering. There most certainly
was Leather and wood along with a Green Pepper spice and Cedar. I really
enjoyed it but wished it had been stronger on the nose. In my glass the
wine showed a medium to dark Inky Red and I was really impressed by
it's appearance in my glass. Now onto how this wine displayed itself on
my Palette. This section is going to be a little weird because upon
initially tasting this wine I sensed that I needed to leave it alone for
a while. I sensed that this wine needed badly to be given a chance to
open up .....a lot. My initial impression upon tasting this wine was
that there was a note of overpowering Black Cherry a slight bitterness
and strong hints of Alcohol. Now normally I would end the review right
there and perhaps not even mention that I did a review on it because it
simply wouldn't be worth it but as I said, something told me to give the
wine some time to develop. I occupied my time by reading a wine
magazine and from time to time I would take a sip and after about a half
an hour to forty five minutes I started to notice that the wine was
starting to evolve in a big way, it was beginning to develop some nice
notes. What would another little while do for it I wondered. I really
didn't expect much because in order for this wine to even be decent it
would need a lot of development and I didn't think it was possible. Well
I waited a total of two hours and while I didn't Decant the wine I
simply left it in the bottle I experienced the wine begin to express
itself and the development of it and I was finally ready to do my
review. Here is what I found. The Bitterness was gone from the wine and
actually replaced by quite a bit of Tannins in it's place. There were
notes of Pomegranate and Cassis there was also still that big Black
Cherry but it was not offensive at this point as it had toned down just
enough and remained at the level that it allowed the wine to be what it
was designed to be. This wine had developed into a very nicely
structured wine. The finish left you with all the stated notes intact
with none taking precedence or dominance over the other. An added bonus
came when a nice Caramel note was also appeared. This wine is very
aggressive in the fact that all it's notes are straight forward with no
hiding or underlying notes anywhere as some wines tend do. With all it's
in your face power it is not over the top (close though) and brash yet
classy and in a sense elegant. This is not what I would consider a fruit
forward wine although there is some some nice fruit her that you will
enjoy but not to the extent of being able to call it fruit forward.
Slight acidity is present and seems to connect well with the Blackberry
and Caramel that were mentioned. Did I mention the Dark
Chocolate that is present as well? Oh yeah, there is a wonderful Dark
Chocolate note that shows up a little later and meshes nicely with the other
dark fruit. While drinking this wine I was able to imagine myself in a
very expensive restaurant ordering a very expensive bottle of wine, this
wine. Poise, elegance, stuck up and nicely developed this wine can last
many more years since the Tannins are very bold and aggressive. There
is also just the right amount of acidity to help set this wine off
nicely.
Let's go ahead and put the finishing touches on this wine. Originally this wine was going to find it's way down the drain very quickly. I didn't think that a wine could change that dramatically but this wine did just that. Guys, this wine changed that much. I wish the Vineyard would ditch that label however, this wine deserves a lot more than the weird label that was placed on it. I never would have bought this wine if not for one of my children picking it out because of the child like label. Yes that's right one of my 5 year old liked the label, she thought it was "pretty". This is not a "Yuppie" wine or a wine for someone who has a preference for a light or a soft Red. The wine is definitely big and bold and meant for a true lover of a meaty, dramatic wine. This wine exceeded all my expectations of a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon. The structure here is almost unmatched and came very near to the 2011 Annabella Cabernet Sauvignon (http://desertwineguy.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-desert-wine-guy-2011-annabella.html) that I reviewed in October of 2015. The wonderful Caramel note and the Tannins present were great. This is a wine meant for a nice Dinner and for some spicy ribs and a hefty steak., it is meant for a spicy meat dominated Dinner. Don't waste this on Chicken or Hot Dogs please, you will be sorry you did. So how much did this wine change over time? The wine changed so much over time that Ion The Desert Wine Guy Rating Scale I put it at a superb 93 points.
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