Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
A big, rich, juicy style that offers power with finesse, this delivers an initial thrust of dark berry, spice, raspberry and cherry that is potent yet finds a nice cruising altitude and ends with a focused aftertaste. Drink now through 2024.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From proprietor Ravi Mehta, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon shows rich, sweet, blackcurrant fruit, blackberries, white flowers and forest floor. It’s cleanly made, pure, medium to full-bodied, with well-integrated acidity, tannin and wood. This is a beauty. There are 425 cases, and it should drink well for 15 or more years.
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.
Just northeast of Napa city, Atlas Peak boasts some of Napa Valley’s highest elevation vineyards. Here the intense sunlight coupled with cool, nighttime temperatures produce grapes that are perfectly ripe, balanced and concentrated. The appellation is rich in volcanic soils and excels in the production of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.