Signorello Padrone Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Professional Ratings

• 94 Wine Enthusiast
  Lots of voluptuous softness in the mouth, like velvet gliding over the palate. But you'll also experience serious tannins that hit midway, creating a lockdown astringency. Evidence of ageability lies in the massive core of blackberries and cassis, as well as the overall balance and tang of acidity on the finish. This Cabernet Sauvignon-based Bordeaux blend should hit its stride after 2012 and continue for many years. Cellar Selection.
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2006 Padrone is composed of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Chocolate truffle, black currant, espresso roast, tobacco leaf, and subtle oak aromas soar from the glass of this deep, saturated purple-colored 2006. The wine possesses terrific fruit purity and intensity as well as a full-bodied mouthfeel, and a dense, concentrated finish with moderately high tannins. This is a big, muscular, impressively endowed wine that should age effortlessly for 25 years or more.
• 90 Wine & Spirits
  From two rocky parcels of Signorello's hillside estate above the Silverado Trail, Padrone is predominantly cabernet sauvignon (83 percent) blended with cabernet franc and merlot. It's a bold red with herbal and licorice notes to the fruit, but for now much of the flavor derives from oak, with rich scents of honey, cocoa and graham. The finish is smoky and sleek, and the wine may develop more complexity with time in bottle.