Winemaker Notes
Beautiful aromatics of black-cherry & blackberry fruit, along with hints of chocolate, coffee and cassis notes. Rich & full-bodied, fresh black-cherry and blackberry fruit with a touch of dark chocolate and cocoa. Excellent structure and acidity with Integrated sweet tannins, along with a generous, plush mouthfeel. Wonderfully balanced. Long and distinctive, with hints of dark chocolate and cherries. Superior structure, complex with integrated sweet tannins, giving the wine a long, rich finish.
Enjoy a glass by itself, or with assorted Charcuterie, Lamb Chops, Italian Food or a delicious bone-in rib eye.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
The only 2017 presented, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Left Bank Master Blend is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc. It has plenty of blue fruits as well as notes of new leather, graphite, licorice, and hints of chocolate. These carry to a medium to full-bodied wine that has the vintage's straight, focused style, good tannins, and rock-solid overall balance and purity. It's an outstanding 2017 that will benefit from a year or two of bottle age.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Left Bank Master Blend is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it features slightly closed, broody baked plums, fruitcake and crème de cassis with dusty earth, tobacco and dried sage plus a hint of iron ore. It is medium-bodied, firm and chewy with a taut mid-palate and savory finish.
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.