Winemaker Notes
Blend: 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 6% Malbec, 6% Petite Verdot
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Smooth and toasty vanilla nose; lush and generous with lovely plum and spice; rich, deep and beautifully balanced; complete and long. 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 6% Malbec, 6% Petite Verdot.
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Wine Enthusiast
Chalky tannins and subdued fruit and tannin weight make this an inviting, food-friendly wine, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller amounts of Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Made from estate vineyards, it’s rich in black cherry and dark chocolate, concentrated and layered. It ends in a spicy back note of pepper. Cellar through 2022
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Flora Springs was among the first Napa wineries to create a Bordeaux blend called Trilogy, and the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Trilogy is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Petit Verdot and 6% Malbec. Notes of sweet plum, licorice, black cherry and blackcurrant fruit jump from the glass of this dense, dark ruby/purple wine. It’s medium to full-bodied, with impressive purity and elegance. It’s meant to be an elegant take of Napa viticulture and they’ve pulled it off fabulously. This wine has excellent balance of all its component parts, and should continue to drink well for 15-20 years.
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Connoisseurs' Guide
Notable for its sense of crafting and polish and a wine of considerable richness and depth, the latest Trilogy rounds out an impressive collection of 2012 Cabernets from Flora Springs. It is the most accessible and open of the bunch, yet in spite of its refinement and inviting fruity charms, it has the kind of structure and stamina that encourages keeping. It looks to age famously and gain in grace for another five to eight years.
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Wine Spectator
The pure, intense and vibrant fruit is rich, focused, deep and expansive without being weighty. The core of dark berry, mineral, graphite and cedary notes gain nuance while retaining structure and purpose. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Drink now through 2028. 4,882 cases made.
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.