Red

Michael David Rapture Cabernet Sauvignon (Lodi)

Michael David

Lodi · Central Valley · United States

Fact sheet

Type
Red
Grape
Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Sirah
Country
United States
Region
Lodi · Central Valley
Appellation
Lodi
Alcohol
14.9%
Body
full
Acidity
medium
Tannin
high
Sweetness
dry

Food pairing

carne de cordeiro · bife grelhado · churrasco · queijos curados · carnes assadas

Rated vintages

  • 201187 pts

    Rapture is Michael David's small-production Cabernet, blended with a small percentage of Petite Sirah, then aged 17 months in French oak for a full-bodied figure. Purple-black in color, it's mouth-filling, jammy and extracted with flavorful blackberry and cherry fruit and a stre…

  • 201087 pts

    Lush and fruit forward, Rapture, whose motto is “Don't be left behind!” is full bodied but soft, with leather and herb tones and a smoky finish. Blended with a smidgen of Petite Sirah and reaching 14.9% abv, it tastes every bit of that, with a smoky finish of oak.

  • 200985 pts

    Michael David is clearly having fun here, calling it Rapture and scrawling on the back of each bottle, “Don't be left behind!” The wine is fun for big oak, big tannin and big fruit as it's true to its MD style, all toasted oak and molasses, dry epic tannins and jam.