Von Strasser Cabernet Sauvignon (Diamond Mountain District)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc

País

United States

Região

Diamond Mountain District · Napa

Denominação

Diamond Mountain District

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201288 pts

  The winery's blend of all six of its single-vineyard designates, this contains smaller amounts of Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot and Cab Franc in support of the Cab Sauvignon. Dried herbal components pique the aroma, followed by spicy cinnamon and black pepper seasonings on the pa…

• 201092 pts

  This is the winery's basic Cabernet, a blend of five vineyards on the mountain. It's a smooth, elegant, classic mountain Cab, that's dry and tannic, with delicious blackberry, currant and sweet-smoky oak flavors. It's right up there with Von Strasser's vineyard-designated wines…

• 200993 pts

  An enormously appealing Cabernet, this is nearly as good as the magnificent but more expensive '09 Estate, showing concentrated blackberry, blueberry, cassis and mineral flavors that are wrapped into firm Diamond Mountain tannins. Beautiful to drink now and over the next six yea…

• 200691 pts

  A good, rich and complex Bordeaux blend, with ripe fruit and plenty of smoky new oak, but also very tannic. The flavors are classic Napa, of blackberries, black currants, sour black cherries, tobacco and cedar. Should develop through 2012.

• 200591 pts

  The winery's basic Cab, with no vineyard designation, shares the qualities of the more expensive bottlings. It's dry and tannic and ultraconcentrated in varietal character, with explosive cassis, cherry and new oak flavors. Impresses now for its luxurious mouthfeel, and should d…