Winemaker Notes
Experience the essence of the 2021 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon with its ripe dark cherry and cedar notes greeting the palate. Its soft, yet weighted entry leads to refined, chalky tannins that are both integrated and powerful. Balancing seamlessly with a fantastic mid-palate and impressive length, this wine offers a revelatory experience, revealing its depth and complexity with each sip.
Blend: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
This sleek, tight, mineral-edged version features lively notes of red currant and raspberry coulis laced with savory and iron elements. Youthfully taut, but with a pinpoint finish
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James Suckling
A earthy and attractive nose of forest berries, wild currants, dried leaves, cedar and baking spices. Medium body with firm tannins. Powdery texture at the end. A little hollow now should fill in with a few years of bottle age.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Salvestrin's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley comes largely from the winery's Crystal Springs Vineyard. A blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 2% Zinfandel and 1% Petite Sirah, it's reasonably priced by Napa Valley standards, and yet it performs pretty consistently from year to year. While not overly concentrated, it's varietally correct, with scents of cassis and black cherries joined by vaguely herbal notions and hints of baking spices and vanilla. Medium-bodied and silky textured, it can be enjoyed in the near term, but it has the inherent balance to see it through another decade or so. It's a super value from a winery that deserves more recognition.
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.