Winemaker Notes
The 2019 Perfect Season represents another beautiful vintage from their estate vineyard. Full, inky dark and massively expressive of its place, the wine offers a nose of blackberry, plum, blueberry, cherry compote, dusty cocoa and holiday baking spices that follow through on the palate. There's a beautifully silky texture with youthful tannins which are tames by a quick decant. The finish is lingering and dominated by dark fruits.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with 18% Merlot and was matured. It has dense aromas of cassis, tar, coffee beans, soy sauce, bell peppers and garrigue. The full-bodied palate features ultra-concentrated, spicy flavors and integrated new oak character. It’s structured by powdery tannins and seamless acidity and has a long, flavorful finish. Rating: 93+
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.
A small and picturesque valley separating Napa Valley on its south border and Alexander Valley to its north, Knights Valley excels in similar varieties as the two aforementioned appellations, namely red Bordeaux varieties and blends, as well as Sauvignon blanc. Originally established by Beringer Vineyards, today several outstanding producers claim acreage here. The circadian cooling effects of the nearby Pacific Ocean create a nighttime respite for vineyards during the hot growing season.