What makes a wine a "Reserve" Cabernet?!
What makes a wine a "Reserve" Cabernet?
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In Italy and spain the word reserve indicates a wine that has recieived extra aging at the winery before release. Inplicit in the extra aging is the idea that the wine was better than normal and therefore worthy of the extra aging. Spain even has degree of reserve such a Gran Reserva. In France the use of reserve in not regulated. However, its use is generally consistent with the notion that the wine is better in quality than a given producer's norm. In the United States, the word reserve has historically been used in the same sense-as in Beaulieu Vineyards Georges de Latour Private Reserve, the best Cabernet the Beaulieu Vineyard makes. But these days, the word is bandied about so much that it no longer has meaning. For example, some California wines labeled Proprietors Reserve sells for 6$ a bottle.Those wines are not only the least expensive wines in a particular producer's lineup, but also some of the least expensive wines period. Other wines are labeled Speacial Reserve, Vintage Reserve, or Reserve Selection - all utterly meaningless phrases. The phrase reserve is not regulated in the United States also.
The title "Reserve" means that it was set aside to make a smaller batch of "better" wine.
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