Answer: What difference between Cabs

Hello; Friday, we met over four bottles of Cab from four different countries, in the (vain) hope of finding the difference. A fool´s errand, of course. These were dsitinctly entry level products, where you do not expect to find much expression of terroir - it´s red, they´ll drink it; hey, it´s a good quaff; goes well with grilled hamburgers ... The background, once more, is the impending exam in our 2-honors course. You get 2 points fo the variety, one point for correct country, and another if you cn pinpoint the district, or region. You have the option of putting up a second alternative - if that is correct, you get half a point for that. So how did this turn out?

1 n sweet, vanilla, oak, mucho alcohol, dark berries, marshmallows p sweetness in theattack, amazingly low acidity, for a Cab, slight notes of menthol and eucalyptus Not much cbuttis. In fact, is this CabSauv? ¨ 2 n Dry, mineral (chalk-lime?) smokey, slightly animal (cowshed), Jell-O pudding, cbuttis, peppermint and eucalyptus p THis, too, had the sweetness in the attack but not as overwhelmingly as #1. Acidity more pregnant, even though the sweetness tended to disguise it somewhat. This, particularly after some time in the glbutt, evolved more cbuttis, and a certain fudgy character. After 1-2 hours, it fell apart in a hodgepodge of rough tannins and acidity.