Nicholas Allen Wines Carte Blanche Proprietary Red 2009

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2009

Size
750ML

ABV
15.1%

Features
Collectible

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

The nose reveals ripe plum, baked cherries, creme de cassis, and faint asphalt; the palate is dense, showing rich flavors of currants, plum, mineral notes and a hint of cedar and cigar box. An ultra-silky finish discloses notes of tobacco and bittersweet chocolate.

Blend: 47% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot

Professional Ratings

  • 94
    This is a very rich wine that's made in the modern style of soft ripeness and upfront deliciousness. A blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, it shows flashy blackberry, cherry, cassis and chocolate flavors. This is best enjoyed over the next few years for it's sheer luxurious taste.
  • 93
    The 2009 Proprietary Red comes across as quite sumptuous. It lacks some of the classicism of the 2008. Instead, readers will find a wine loaded with dark red fruit, smoke, tar, incense and licorice. This is bigger than the 2008 but not quite as delineated. It makes up for that with gorgeous richness and balance. The 2009 is 47% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2024.
  • 93
    Beautifully made, rich and fleshy, delivering dense, complex layers of red and black fruits, with blackberry, wild berry and boysenberry flavors. Intense and persistent, with a long, persistent finish. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2025.

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Carte Blanche wines are produced with a generations-old commitment to creating limited, hand-crafted, fine wine. Per the Winemaker, Luc Morlet, Neo-Classical winemaking is the approach to marry terroir and tradition. Hands on viticulture, vineyard management, and classical French winemaking adapted to northern California are the foundation of these wines.

We have secured long-term contracts for our proprietary vineyard blocks, which allows for year-round, controlled farming. Carte Blanche wines represent the vintage, the grape varietal, and the land on which they are grown. Whether we produce a blend, a single varietal wine, or a vineyard designated wine, our sole discretion and freedom in each vintage allows us to create the finest wine possible.

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Undoubtedly proving its merit over and over, Napa Valley is a now a leading force in the world of prestigious red wine regions. Though Cabernet Sauvignon dominates Napa Valley, other red varieties certainly thrive here. Important but often overlooked include Merlot and other Bordeaux varieties well-regarded on their own as well as for their blending capacities. Very old vine Zinfandel represents an important historical stronghold for the region and Pinot noir is produced in the cooler southern parts, close to the San Pablo Bay.

Perfectly situated running north to south, the valley acts as a corridor, pulling cool, moist air up from the San Pablo Bay in the evenings during the hot days of the growing season, which leads to even and slow grape ripening. Furthermore the valley claims over 100 soil variations including layers of volcanic, gravel, sand and silt—a combination excellent for world-class red wine production.

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