MICHAEL POZZAN CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2010
KNIGHTS VALLEY, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
By: Ed "The Wine Guy"
This offering from Michael Pozzan satisfies fully the expectations one has of a Cabernet Sauvignon: deep color, good tannin* structure, moderate acidity, with aromas and flavors of plum, black cherry, black currant, dark spices, and cedar.
*Tannin: an acidic element naturally occurring in plants, seeds, bark, wood, leaves, and fruit skins; its taste is astringent: puckery, pungent. Grape tannin comes from the skins, seeds, and stems of a wine grape. Wine tannins are most commonly found in red wine, although white wines have tannins from being aged in wooden barrels. Red wines tend to have higher levels of tannins because of the extended contact of the solid matter of the grapes with the juice.