Cabernet Sauvignon

Fact sheet

Type

Red

Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon

Country

United States

Region

Oakville · Napa

Appellation

Oakville

Body

full

Acidity

medium

Tannin

medium

Sweetness

dry

Rated vintages

• 201491 pts

  Juicy blackberry notes are freshened by lively acidity in this big, bold, succulent wine built for meaty, peppery fare. The fruit is complemented by complex cedar and pine seasonings.

• 201393 pts

  This wine from a single 25-acre vineyard in the appellation is lushly spicy in red currant, plum and clove, with seasonings of black pepper. Lively in the glass with balanced acidity and sumptuous weight and texture, it's lovely, focused and bold.

• 201288 pts

  Smooth, soft, rounded tannins envelop a taste of dried cranberry and bacon, giving a sense of gamy goodness. Robust in weight and power, it continues the theme with leathery girth, especially on the finish.

• 201092 pts

  This 100% Cab shows Oakville's firm tannins, balanced acids and dryness, as well as its black currant and cassis flavors, in a wine of great elegance and sophistication. It doesn't seem like an ager, but it sure is deliciously fancy to drink over the next few years with your fav…

• 200987 pts

  This shows good blackberry and black currant flavors, with the smooth, rich tannins for which Oakville is noted. But there's no particular intensity or ageworthiness. Drink up.

• 200585 pts

  A problematic wine. It's too tannic and closed to enjoy now, and the fruit flavor may not be powerful enough to withstand aging. Then there's the sweaty taste that provides a jarring note, and may be tamping down the fruit.

• 200087 pts

  A lighter style of Napa Cabernet, with pretty spice, cherry, cedar,vanilla, plum and anise notes. Tannins are mild, with medium body. The finish is also moderate in length. -J.M.

• 199795 pts

  Very solid and deep, with a bouquet of delicious black-currant and dark-cherry fruit and toasty, buttery oak. Very comfortable mouthfeel. Full, with layered fruit and a long and elegant finish that sports big but not sharp tannins. Tight now; hold for three to six years.