Winemaker Notes
Blend: 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 25% Petit Verdot
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Jumping Goat Vineyard Métisse is laced with dried cherry fruit, tobacco, cedar, menthol, dried flowers, licorice and sweet pipe tobacco. Although fully mature, the 2011 has aged gracefully and has enough freshness to drink well for another 5-10 years.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2011 Metisse Jumping Goat Vineyard is composed of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 15% Petit Verdot. Surprisingly strong for this vintage, it exhibits notes of blue and red fruits, charcoal, white chocolate, coffee bean and wood. Medium to full-bodied with soft, round, ripe, pure fruit notes that linger on the palate, this very fine 2011 can be consumed over the next decade.
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.