Y Rousseau Le Roi Soleil Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon

País

United States

Região

Mount Veeder · Napa

Denominação

Mount Veeder

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201392 pts

  The addition of 5% Merlot softens this wine, a lovely representation of the wild mountain appellation from a vineyard 2,000-feet up. Juicy and layered, the wine shows restraint and elegance amidst a woodsy forest component of lean, tart fruit and cocoa powder.

• 201290 pts

  Syrupy thick at first, decadent enough for a king, this rich red is defined by vanilla French toast and blackberry jam aromas and flavors. It finds balance midway through on the palate, veering into crisper red tones of cranberry and rhubarb. Time will help mellow things out. Ce…

• 201087 pts

  So ripe and soft with raspberry and cherry jam, milk chocolate, smoky new oak and anise flavors that it's almost a fruit bomb. But firm tannins and fine acidity come to the rescue. Hard to see it aging, so drink up.

• 200991 pts

  Here's a Cabernet to lay down in the cellar for 6–8 years—or even longer. Two things mark it: the extremely ripe, concentrated blackberry and black currant fruit, and the hefty tannins. Most people will probably open it too soon and miss out on what it could be, when the tannins…

• 200892 pts

  An interesting wine you can call intellectual. Its appeal is as much conceptual as hedonistic. It's the opposite of today's soft, sweet fruit bombs, being bone dry and somewhat austere, showing a tightly knit tannic structure. With an explosive, but controlled, central core of b…