Winemaker Notes
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon greets with layers of red fruit aromatics—strawberry jam, black raspberries, red currants, cherries and pomegranates. Secondary notes of blood orange, suede leather, cappuccino foam and fresh spring flowers add allure. The palate is plush, exhibiting rich fruits backed by mineral-laden enjoyment from first sip to finish.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
Kamen didn’t make any of their other Cabs in this vintage and declassified all that fruit to go into this wine. The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is a dark purple/red color and is generous and more forward on the nose compared to the 2021s (which is to be expected). It reveals notes of sweet pipe tobacco, leather, cassis, black plum, and mossy forest earth. The palate is generous and ripe but has freshness that gives it lift, and it has a light sweetness that’s well-managed. Drink 2025-2035.
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Vinous
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is the only red wine Kamen bottled in 2022 because of severe heat. Dark, pliant and super-expressive, the 2022 is quite attractive. Super-ripe black cherry, plum, espresso, menthol and licorice are nicely pushed forward. There's good mid-palate depth and solid balance here, but it's a bit assertive in style. This is a very good wine, given what was possible.
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.
Covering the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains, facing the city of Sonoma, Moon Mountain District is one of Sonoma’s newest sub-appellations. Here the well-drained, red volcanic and ash soils produce hauntingly intense red wines, mainly from Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux varieties.