Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Plenty of blackberry and violet aromas here, following through to a full body, with firm tannins and racy finish. Nice tar and asphalt character under the dark fruits. Better in 2017.
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Wine Enthusiast
Coming on the heels of the extraordinary 2009 vintage, this '10 is a worthy follow up. It's bone dry, tannic and enormously complex, offering waves of blackberry, currant, cola, new oak and spice flavors. It's so good now, you may not want to cellar it, but try. It will begin to approach its peak after 2017. Cellar Selection.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From Coombsville, the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Collinetta Vineyard exhibits a more saturated purple color in addition to classic notes of creme de cassis, licorice and flowers intertwined with background oak, medium to full-bodied flavors and a pure texture as well as finish. Young but promising, give it 2-3 more years of bottle age and enjoy it over the following 15 years. Rating: 90+
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.
Situated in the southeastern corner of Napa Valley in the Vaca range, the vineyards of the Coombsville AVA enjoy a long growing season mitigated by cool, San Pablo Bay fog.