Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
All Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon NVD is a smoking value and comes from Pritchard Hill, Howell Mountain, and Calistoga. It spent 22 months in 75% new French oak. Cassis, black raspberries, violets, and floral notes all define the bouquet, and it’s medium to full-bodied, seamless, and incredibly polished, with terrific balance.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 NVD Cabernet Sauvignon is deep garnet-purple in color, giving up notes of black cherry preserves, baked plums and boysenberries with touches of cassis, spice box and dried mint. The palate is medium to full-bodied, firm and refreshing, delivering loads of red fruit sparks and a long, savory finish.
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Wine Spectator
Dark and winey, this Cabernet is packed with a mix of black currant paste, blackberry preserves and melted black licorice, all kept focused and defined thanks to a spine of graphite and a gilding of sweet spices. This will have lots of fans for sure. Drink now through 2036.
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.