Winemaker Notes
This Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a distinctly layered wine with notes of ripe dark plum, black currant and sage. Rich and full-bodied, this superbly balanced wine has an expansive mid-palate and an exceptionally long finish. Already displaying a refined profile, this vintage’s well-structured tannins and ample acidity will allow it to age for more than a decade.
Professional Ratings
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The Somm Journal
Perfumed with wild strawberry, iron, and coffee bean, this wine possesses exceptional vibrancy. Bittersweet chocolate leads and engages the palate, while big shoulders hold up layers of coffee, black plum, and cured meats. Plum-skin tannins and pencil shavings coat the tongue.
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Tasting Panel
Perfumed with wild strawberry, iron, and coffee bean, this wine possesses exceptional vibrancy. Bittersweet chocolate leads and engages the palate, while big shoulders hold up layers of coffee, black plum, and cured meats. Plum-skin tannins and pencil shavings coat the tongue
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James Suckling
A fruity red with currants, blueberries, black olives and a hint of dark chocolate. Medium to full body, creamy tannins and a flavorful finish. Drink or hold.
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Decanter
Dark and brooding, showing billowing black fruits, cassis and blueberry with a white pepper note on the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
A touch reduced, this red is concentrated and smooth, with dense layers of dark chocolate and cassis. Dried herb and cedar accent the ripe, rich fruit and a note of nutmeg develops 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.