Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) saturates the palate with blackberry jam, chocolate, spice, new leather, licorice and cedar. This sumptuous, exuberant wine is a terrific introduction to the higher-end wines in the Purlieu range. It's definitely a show stopper, that much is obvious. Vineyard sites are Sleeping Lady, Caldwell and Georges III.
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James Suckling
A ripe and juicy red with ripe black and blue fruit, sweet vanilla, licorice and spiced oak. Full-bodied palate with a ripe-fruit core, framed by youthful, chewy tannins. Finishes round and juicy. Bigger style. Already attractive to drink.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon comes skipping out of the glass with exuberant notes of freshly crushed black cherries, mulberries and blackcurrant pastilles, plus wafts of chocolate box and aniseed. Full-bodied, taut and grainy-textured, it has lovely freshness and great purity on the finish.
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Jeb Dunnuck
The appellation 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley is a winner, offering ample plum and blueberry fruits, notes of candied violets and incense, medium to full body, and a fruit-loaded, ripe, heady style on the palate that’s a joy to drink.
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.