Alejandro Bulgheroni Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
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In creating Alejandro Bulgheroni Cabernet Sauvignon, Melka and Rolland use their unsurpassed skill in understanding how different contributing wines interact to produce something exceptional from an aroma and flavor perspective. Each year, they select from the finest barrels to create a limited offering of Alejandro Bulgheroni Cabernet Sauvignon wine. Using this philosophy, the composition of each vintage will be unique and reflect the finest of the Estate.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon is a beauty. Largely Cabernet Sauvignon with tiny quantities of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, and hailing from four sectors of Napa Valley (Pritchard Hill, St. Helena, Rutherford and Oakville), the wine offers a Pauillac-like note of unsmoked cigar tobacco intermixed with crème de cassis, Christmas fruitcake, tobacco leaf, licorice, and red and blackcurrants galore. The great fruit on the attack follows through to the mid-palate, which is opulent and full-bodied with sweet, luscious tannins. The wine was aged 22 months in 70% new French oak. This is a hedonistic but complex beauty to drink over the next 15-20 years.
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Wine Spectator
Young and rich, supple and layered, with a cloak of spicy cedar and dill-laced oak but also a wonderful core of supple dark berry, plum and spice flavors. Ends as it starts, with a kiss of oak. Drink now through 2030.
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James Suckling
A rich cabernet with deep fruit and a dense center palate revolving around round and velvety tannins. Fresh and clean. Flamboyant Napa red. Drink or hold.
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One of the most prestigious wines of the world capable of great power and grace, Napa Valley Cabernet is a leading force in the world of fine, famous, collectible red wine. Today the Napa Valley and Cabernet Sauvignon are so intrinsically linked that it is difficult to discuss one without the other. But it wasn’t until the 1970s that this marriage came to light; sudden international recognition rained upon Napa with the victory of the Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon in the 1976 Judgement of Paris.
Cabernet Sauvignon undoubtedly dominates Napa Valley today, covering half of the land under vine, commanding the highest prices per ton and earning the most critical acclaim. Cabernet Sauvignon’s structure, acidity, capacity to thrive in multiple environs and ability to express nuances of vintage make it perfect for Napa Valley where incredible soil and geographical diversity are found and the climate is perfect for grape growing. Within the Napa Valley lie many smaller sub-AVAs that express specific characteristics based on situation, slope and soil—as a perfect example, Rutherford’s famous dust or Stags Leap District's tart cherry flavors.