Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is the first release of this wine, sourced from Coombsville and Spring Mountain AVAs. Deep garnet-purple colored, the nose of the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley is incredibly lifted and perfumed with notes of violets and roses over a core of crushed red and black currants, blackberries and cigar box. The palate offers great depth with layers of vibrant black and red berry flavors and wonderfully ripe, grainy tannins to support, finishing long and lively. While very tempting to drink now, I recommend readers forget it for 3-4 years and then drink for the next 25+. 600 cases were made.
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Decanter
Although DuMol is located in the Russian River Valley and better known for Pinot Noir, the winery buys grapes from this dry-farmed vineyard planted in the late 1960s. This is a big, deep and mineral inflected 100% Cabernet Sauvignon with overtones of cherries and liquorice, plus chewy tannins from 20 months in oak.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Situated in the southeastern corner of Napa Valley in the Vaca range, the vineyards of the Coombsville AVA enjoy a long growing season mitigated by cool, San Pablo Bay fog.