Winemaker Notes
The 2022 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is exuberant, lush and well rounded and shows off the Titus Ranch Estate to it’s fullest. The wine is filled with ripe plum, cocktail cherry, blackberry fruit notes that are generously spiced with cardamom and nutmeg notes. The palate is bountiful and round with a delightful lushness, round tannins give the mid palate and finish focus and grace. The wine lingers with delightful oak and spice notes.
Blend: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Petit Verdot, 4% Malbec
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
Based on 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Petit Verdot, and 4% Malbec, the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon reveals currants and blue fruits intermixed with graphite and chocolaty oak. Medium to full-bodied and nicely balanced, it shows the open-knit style of the vintage, offering smoky black and blue fruits in a pleasure-bent style. This impeccably made effort represents solid value. Drink over the next 6-8 years.
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James Suckling
A bold and brawny wine with ample tannins wrapped around spicy, oaky, plummy flavors. A full body and big, soft tannins bring a suave texture to the grilled plum, beef jus and mulled black cherry notes.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
An excellent value, the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon from Titus is marked by slightly high-toned cherry fruit joined by hints of vanilla and pipe tobacco. A full-bodied blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Petit Verdot and 4% Malbec, it delivers an intriguing juxtaposition of red cherries and darker, loamy notes. It's supple, almost creamy across the mid-palate, then softly dusty on the finish.
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.