Compass Bridge Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

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Hey welcome. Domain Dave here for cheapwinefinder.com. As always, and uh today we've got another value-priced wine um Trader Joe's again,$9.99. This is a wine or a brand of wines that uh are exclusive to Trader Joe's that came out a few months ago, but I missed this one. I got the Chardonnay and the Pinot Noir, but this is the Compass Bridge Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon 2023. 10 bucks. Um I did some checking around and I went to the California Wine Kooler Registry, which is the organization in California that approves labels. And the winery of record on this one is uh Francisford Copla Winery, which is owned by um um the people behind Gnarly Head. Uh so it's um not for uh not copla anymore. Um let me take a sip. But normally we know nothing about these wines, and now we know it's grapes are from Sonoma, a large place, but a good place. And uh Coplo Winery had something to do with it. Uh so that is you know um very good. And uh the the people behind Narley Hood is uh delicato. They're a good um they're a good winery, they they they do they kind of specialize in more affordable wines, but they do have top-end wines, and then the whole wines are good. So to have them be the makers of this wine, and and according to the the California Coola Registry, um Copla are the ones that are in charge of this one. That's all good to know. So, how is the wine? It's good. I mean, they always are nowadays. Wine making has gotten very, very competent. The wines you don't like are typically wines that are not your style. I mean, sometimes they're boring, but that's really not. I don't like a boring wine, or just I don't have fun drinking it. This one's nice. This has got some blackberry, cease, uh, plum, spice, tart cranberry, maybe a little hint of chocolate. It might have they they didn't give us any tasting notes or production notes, but I would imagine it has some sort of oak management of some sort. Um is it California Cabernet Sauvignon? You usually expect that, and this tastes like a classic California Cabernet. So there's a little bit of maybe a little bit of bitter chocolate in there. I I said caramel. Little hints. Good old spice, maybe. I'm gonna take another sip. The Compass Bridge Sonoma Calve uh Cabernet Calve Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 gives you a pretty good California Cabernet Sauvignon experience. It's that wine and it's 10 bucks. It's made by um a portion, some somehow copla is involved, and copla has a history of making good wine, even though Delicado now owns them. They didn't forget how to make wine. It's um it's good. Like I said, you don't always know who made the wine or where the grapes are from, and here we know that we don't have much behind that. There's all sorts of variables that could have happened, but there's a certain quality there that is comes from Sonoma Grapes and comes from uh Coppola Winery. That mean they didn't exactly put their name in the label, but they did on the California wine cola registry. There, there they are. So that is a we got a couple uh couple signatories of quality on here, and it tastes good. I can't complain. I mean this is um smooth, rich, flavorful. It's got a little bit of personality. It's a nice wine, and it's ten bucks. I kind of like it. I mean, um it drinks better than a yeah, it drinks a few bucks more than what you're paying for. And in this day and age, getting a little something something is a good thing. And like I'm a little late on this one. I think they came out maybe last fall. But I gotta say, it's a good one. I like this compass bridge, Sonoma, Gabonet Sauvignon. I say give it a try. So adios keep it cheap, domain Dave, cheapwinefinder.com. And I'll be talking to you a couple days, like always. We will have a bunch of wines. I think I'm gonna see if I can find some uh some roses and stuff that are a little more summary, and I'll I'll be talking to you. Adios, bye-bye.