Description

Professional Reviews

90

Wine Enthusiast

Review Date: 11/2000

Napa Cabs are often described as being ‘curranty.’ If you sniff and taste this you will know what curranty is. Hints of dill, cream, and vanilla support the cassis core. Quite positive and engaging. Structured and weighty, so it will probably show better in a few years.

90

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 09/2000

Complex and concentrated, showing a wide array of flavors–mint, chocolate, currant, cassis, black cherry–before turning woody, with firm tannins. (JL)

RP

Wine Advocate

Review Date: 06/2000

This is an impressive Cabernet Sauvignon. The color is a dense ruby purple. The bouquet offers up tight but promising aromas of minerals, smoke, and black currants. A Bordeaux-like austerity greets the taster, but as with Bordeaux, there is plenty of density and concentration in reserve, which is particularly noticeable on the back of the palate. The wine is pure, promising, tannic, medium to full-bodied, and nicely extracted. Chewy tobacco, spice box, and black fruit characteristics emerge with airing. It is good to see this winery turn out a wine of this quality. It’s an ager however, and patience will be required. (RP)

Read 1 More Review(s)

Notes

We’ve carried this wine for many years, and the ’97 ranks up there with their best efforts.Dark berry and cherry fruit with hints of chocolate. One of Napa’s most consistent performers comes through with a delicious release that’s garnered some well-deserved positive press and point scores.

Product Details

Origin: Napa Valley, California, United States

Type/Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

SKU: #301388