Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A more reserved nose is offered up here with notes of blueberries, iodine, licorice and some plum stones. There's some nice slate character on the palate with linear tannins, some refreshing acidity and a chewy finish. Drink in 2021.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep purple-black colored, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon opens with crushed black currants and blackberries on the nose, where there is also a hefty waft of cedar and hints of mocha, dried Mediterranean herbs and lavender. Full-bodied, firm and chewy from the oak tannins, it has lovely underlying fruit that should come good if the oak ever marries.
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Wine & Spirits
This is long on fruit, 100 percent cabernet sauvignon with flavors of umeboshi plum and kirsch. The structure feels open and clean, its floral, fruit-skin tannins harmonizing with the equally fragrant fruit. For duck roasted with cherries.
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.