Winemaker Notes
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: One of the best wines from the Atlas Peak AVA, the 2014 Rombauer Vineyards Atlas Peak Vineyard bottling, comes to play big-time on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine is rich from start to finish. Its aromas and flavors and red, blue, and black fruits are matched nicely with sweet oak and a hint of chalkiness. Put this one in the cellar for a few years, and you will be rewarded. (Tasted: March 22, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
This high-toned, well-made wine shows rich clove, tobacco and currant notes beneath its hit of acidity. Firm, woody tannins provide grip, with complexity and full-bodied weight
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Wine Spectator
Smoky, toasty oak casts a shadow over the juicy currant and plum flavors, accented by shades of anise and cedar, with firm, gravelly tannins that offer a chunky, pebbly texture. Drink now through 2032. 500 cases made
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.