Stardust Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
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Another stellar vintage resulted in a truly captivating wine. Opens with intoxicating perfume of ripe Cabernet fruit and advances to flavors of cassis, vanilla, blackberries, and French toast. Juicy, full, and luscious. Open it, decant it, and enjoy a luxuriating experience now and for 10 or more years to come.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: Michael Dellar has always been about quality. As a restaurateur, he has brought some of the food and wine experience to the world. The 2014 Stardust Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc is a classic beauty. TASTING NOTES: This wine is well-built and stays long and loving on the palate. Its aromas and flavors of black fruit and tantalizing oak accents should pair superbly with an artfully grilled well-marbled ribeye. (Tasted: April 23, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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The name reflects the gift bestowed on their small piece of earth in Napa Valley. A plot that surely has been blessed and sprinkled with magic such as the dust from the stars above. Everything grows so splendidly here.
Stardust. The name was serendipitous. They had just tasted the wine out of the barrel in the cellar and taken a bottle home. A few days later they opened the bottle for another taste. What should be playing on the XM satellite radio but a favorite song of generations of music lovers, Hoagy Carmichael’s "Stardust." At that moment, they knew the name of their wine.
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.