The 2021 vintage produced a concentrated and bold Cabernet Sauvignon featuring characters of strawberry rhubarb pie, black pepper, clove, and fresh blueberry. The palate leads to flavors of baked fig, mild cigar box, and blackcurrant framed by a bold, gravely tannin structure provided by a small percentage of Petite Sirah. A touch of oak finishes the palate with an elegant balance between tannin, acidity, and body.
All Slingshot wines begin with premium fruit from the Napa Valley and North Coast, much of it harvested from our own Juliana Vineyards where we strive through sustainable methods to grow quality fruit for generations to come. We don’t compromise when it comes to grapes because we’re committed to giving our customers sophisticated, approachable wine at a great price.
Slingshot is a family effort shepherded by James Stewart, Caroline Stewart Guthrie, and family winemaker, Blair Guthrie. Together, they join their peers in focusing on issues surrounding sustainability, preservation, labor practices, and maintaining family-owned businesses. Slingshot reflects the Stewart family’s ambition to preserve a vital family enterprise and practice meaningful land stewardship—both while producing fine wine from premium vineyards.
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How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
2021 Slingshot North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon - $20 = 12.50%
@kawichris650 If we are talking brand new French oak barrels as opposed to new oak ‘alternatives’, then yes, I would expect this wine to be higher priced . . . Hope that helps
@tercerowines
Thanks for your response! I still have much to learn about wine. I know some (or many) people seem to not enjoy wines that have too much of an oak presence (on the nose and/or the palate). So when I read your comment, I was curious whether the 40% new French oak would be considered a positive attribute or a negative one. Your participation here is always much appreciated (even when the offer isn’t wine of your own) and I can assure you we will sincerely miss having your wines here.
@kawichris650 thank you for the kind words, my friend. I just wish winemakers were active on here as well. It’s a great community. And as far as my wines go, watch for something very very very shortly
So many of the wines I’d love to try, but I’m a single, retire guy living alone, and I just can’t go through the wine like I used to. (I always order Stillman’s wines, though, regardless.) But I gotta say, some of these descriptions sound like they came from a computer generating random “wine flavor” descriptions - I guess my palate is far underdeveloped. This one just sounded way over the top to me.
“…characters of strawberry rhubarb pie, black pepper, clove, and fresh blueberry. The palate leads to flavors of baked fig, mild cigar box, and blackcurrant framed by a bold, gravelly tannin structure provided by a small percentage of Petite Sirah.”
Not strawberry, not rhubarb, but “strawberry rhubarb pie”?omg. THAT’s discriminating!
@DickL@garyzim The whole idea is that if you’re familiar with cigars, this reference makes sense . . . if not, it sounds ‘strange’. And this is and will always be a problem with wine descriptors and why I don’t have any on my wines - or I share what others say about them. My stance is that you should not care what I think the why smells like because our sense of smell is unique to each individual. Period. Hope that helps . . .
“you should not care what I think the wine smells like because our sense of smell is unique to each individual.”
Yes, I think that’s right. When I started drinking wine, I would try to smell and taste the things in the wine descriptions they had on the bottle or in stores. Rarely could I, except for some of the lighter rosés. I gave up trying to find The Descriptor that meant a wine I would like and just tried a lot and enjoyed the variety. Sometimes there are so many discriptors now for even a single wine, I’m amused. But my palate isn’t well-trained. Same for coffee - I roast my own, but never get the flavors they’ve started using in coffee taste/aroma descriptors. I just embrace and enjoy the variety.
@garyzim to me, what’s most important are YOUR impressions, and these are based on where you grew up, the culture you grew up in, the foods you ate or didn’t eat, whether you traveled or not. Smells are memories - and your memories are not mine!
Totally off topic…… I’m a long time Woot and Casemates enthusiast. I’m traveling and am in Anacortes and talked to a friend who lives here about Casemates. Is there anyone in the area sharing cases occasionally?
I’ve posted the same question on the Gatherings page, but not sure how often people check in there.
2021 Slingshot Cabernet Sauvignon, North Coast
Tasting Notes
Specs
What’s Included
6-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
$276.00/Case for 12x 2021 Slingshot Cabernet Sauvignon, North Coast at Stewart Cellars
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Monday, Sep 23 - Tuesday, Sep 24
2021 Slingshot North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon
6 bottles for $79.99 $13.33/bottle + $1.33/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $139.99 $11.67/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
[mod edit; corrected the link text above from 2020 to 2021]
Previous offer:
6/12/23
@ilCesare also April of this year 4/4/24
@ilCesare @marjoryk However, the previous 2 offers were for the 2021, whereas this offer is the 2020.
@ilCesare @marjoryk @Mark_L
This offer is the 2021 per the write-up, is it not?
@ilCesare @karenhynes @marjoryk You are correct – I was misled by the “2020” link above.
@ilCesare @karenhynes @marjoryk @Mark_L
text now corrected, link was correctly for the '21
Just drank a bottle of this over the weekend, I really enjoyed it. This was one of the regular bottles I received with my Magnums a few months back.
I ratted this last year, it was good stuff.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
2021 Slingshot North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon - $20 = 12.50%
Actually 2021 Slingshot North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon
@Mark_L corrected text
This is a screaming deal for $12 a bottle, in for two
I bought a case in the past, no regrets!
Haven’t seen Slingshot in years! This is good juice! Great wine especially at this price. Get you a case! Or two!.. LOL
@winesnob agree! I used to drink this years ago and haven’t seen it since. Fond memories, I recall it being really good wine!
40% new French oak for that price?
@tercerowines
Out of curiosity… considering the 40% new French oak, do you think the wine is priced too low or too high? I appreciate your insight. Thanks
@kawichris650 If we are talking brand new French oak barrels as opposed to new oak ‘alternatives’, then yes, I would expect this wine to be higher priced . . . Hope that helps
@tercerowines
Thanks for your response! I still have much to learn about wine. I know some (or many) people seem to not enjoy wines that have too much of an oak presence (on the nose and/or the palate). So when I read your comment, I was curious whether the 40% new French oak would be considered a positive attribute or a negative one. Your participation here is always much appreciated (even when the offer isn’t wine of your own) and I can assure you we will sincerely miss having your wines here.
@kawichris650 thank you for the kind words, my friend. I just wish winemakers were active on here as well. It’s a great community. And as far as my wines go, watch for something very very very shortly
@kawichris650 @tercerowines wait what?!
So many of the wines I’d love to try, but I’m a single, retire guy living alone, and I just can’t go through the wine like I used to. (I always order Stillman’s wines, though, regardless.) But I gotta say, some of these descriptions sound like they came from a computer generating random “wine flavor” descriptions - I guess my palate is far underdeveloped. This one just sounded way over the top to me.
“…characters of strawberry rhubarb pie, black pepper, clove, and fresh blueberry. The palate leads to flavors of baked fig, mild cigar box, and blackcurrant framed by a bold, gravelly tannin structure provided by a small percentage of Petite Sirah.”
Not strawberry, not rhubarb, but “strawberry rhubarb pie”?omg. THAT’s discriminating!
@garyzim Well, I can imagine flavors of baked fig and blackcurrant, but the flavor of “mild cigar box” stumps me. Who tastes cigar boxes, anyway?
@DickL @garyzim The whole idea is that if you’re familiar with cigars, this reference makes sense . . . if not, it sounds ‘strange’. And this is and will always be a problem with wine descriptors and why I don’t have any on my wines - or I share what others say about them. My stance is that you should not care what I think the why smells like because our sense of smell is unique to each individual. Period. Hope that helps . . .
“you should not care what I think the wine smells like because our sense of smell is unique to each individual.”
Yes, I think that’s right. When I started drinking wine, I would try to smell and taste the things in the wine descriptions they had on the bottle or in stores. Rarely could I, except for some of the lighter rosés. I gave up trying to find The Descriptor that meant a wine I would like and just tried a lot and enjoyed the variety. Sometimes there are so many discriptors now for even a single wine, I’m amused. But my palate isn’t well-trained. Same for coffee - I roast my own, but never get the flavors they’ve started using in coffee taste/aroma descriptors. I just embrace and enjoy the variety.
@garyzim to me, what’s most important are YOUR impressions, and these are based on where you grew up, the culture you grew up in, the foods you ate or didn’t eat, whether you traveled or not. Smells are memories - and your memories are not mine!
Totally off topic…… I’m a long time Woot and Casemates enthusiast. I’m traveling and am in Anacortes and talked to a friend who lives here about Casemates. Is there anyone in the area sharing cases occasionally?
I’ve posted the same question on the Gatherings page, but not sure how often people check in there.
Thanks!
Tick tock . . .