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Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1998

Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1998


Cabernet Sauvignon

from Napa Valley, California

Price: $105.00
(this vintage is sold out)
The 2003 vintage is available for: $95.00
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Item No. 107431 
ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2008
The Wine Advocate 98 point ratingThe Wine Advocate 98 point rating
1996
Wine Spectator 95 point ratingWine Spectator 95 point rating
1995
Wine Spectator 93 point ratingWine Spectator 93 point rating
1987
Wine Spectator 97 point ratingWine Spectator 97 point rating
1983
Wine Spectator 91 point ratingWine Spectator 91 point rating
red wine style:
Light & Fruity Smooth & Supple Earthy & Spicy Big & Bold
winemaker's notes:

Bands of color suggest optimum maturity. Extraordinary interaction between fruit and oak. A powerful, sophisticated & restrained wine, with medium+ acidity, full-body and tannins that grip. Extraordinary interaction between fruit and oak continues throughout the legth of the palate to the dry finish.

alcohol by volume: 13.3%
critical acclaim:

"Dunn's normal policy is to select the Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from his barrels right before bottling. Hence what I tasted was a trial blend of this wine. This year produced extremely small crops characterized by extremely cool growing seasons as well as unusually late harvests. Randy Dunn dropped 40% of his crop in 1998 in order to attain ripeness. Consequently, this wine does not possess the herbaceousness or weediness found in many 1998 Howell Mountain Cabernets"

90 Points

The Wine Advocate

"Bright ruby. Cassis, minerals and mint on the nose. Very tight and a bit musclebound, but the flavors of darkest berries and licorice are vibrant and pristine. Juicy, firmly tannic and quite long, with miraculously little greenness for a mountain cabernet in '98. Very unevolved today. My bottle showed more thickness with extended aeration. Randy Dunn dropped nearly half of his fruit in order to get the rest ripe in '98, and has produced highly successful cabernets in the context of the vintage.

90(+?) points."

90 Points

International Wine Cellar

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