Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon
February 21, 2008 – 10:41 pm
I’m back! I’m renewing my commitment to post more regularly to this blog. If I got at least one post in per week, I’d be very happy. So we’ll see how well this goes.
I opened a bottle of Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon to have with dinner this evening. The very first thing I noticed about the bottle was that I couldn’t find a vintage printed anywhere. I only have two clues. The first is a sticker on the front of the bottle says “Award winner: Over 20 awards since 2005.” The back label has a copyright symbol preceding “Barefoot Cellars 2003″. So I really have no idea what the vintage is.
The wine pours a very dark purple, almost black. The nose is more fruity than I am used to for a cabernet, but not at all in a bad way. It’s heavy on the berry scents, with blackberry the strongest and a little bit of plum thrown in. It’s a heavy bodied wine, as most cabs are, and it has a nice spicy finish, with the plum again showing up at the end.
The Barefoot is enjoyable, but it doesn’t blow me away. I would rather try a new cabernet than get a second bottle of Barefoot. That’s not a great test, though, because there is such a variety of wine out there that I almost always want to try something new. Regardless, I would have no problem serving Barefoot Cabernet to a bunch of friends over for dinner. If I was trying to impress someone, I would probably try to find something a little more interesting than this particular wine.
3 Responses to “Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon”
I once tried the Barefoot Merlot and the Barefoot Shiraz. As I recall, I ended up pouring the Merlot down the drain. I actually finished the Shiraz, but would never buy it again. The Penfolds Koonoonga Hills Shiraz is about the same price as the Barefoot and is orders of magnitude better. No, after reading your review of the Barefoot Cabernet, I think that I will stay away from Barefoot in general. The Casillero del Diablo Cabernet is quite good and also about the same price as the Barefoot, so if you want to impress on the cheap, I’d go with that.
By Adam on Feb 26, 2008
cool blog, i ran across doing a search for reviews on barefoot cab which i bought for first time, after much trepidation. i basically agreed w/100% of your review although if i have a ragin hangover tmrw after 3 full glasses, i will take it back.
keep up the good work!
By paul on Mar 21, 2008
Thanks for the compliments. And I’m pretty confident you’ll survive your three glasses. But if not, come back and tell me about it.
By jjk on Mar 21, 2008