Vine Cliff Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon

País

United States

Região

Napa Valley · Napa

Denominação

Napa Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201292 pts

  Brawny, with an explosive concentration of blackberry, this intense wine offers hints of tobacco, smoked meat and black licorice elevated on the palate. Blended with small amounts of Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, it finishes on a bittersweet note and with some black p…

• 200789 pts

  Aging may make this Cabernet more harmonious than it is now. It's a dramatic wine, ripe in blackberries and cassis, rich in oak, and with smooth, intricate tannins. Yet it's klutzy now, almost rude, like a gawky teenager who's growing too fast. Give it 4–5 years to mellow.

• 200590 pts

  Light in body for a Napa Cab but extremely elegant, this polished wine is fully ready to drink now. A blend of Oakville and Calistoga fruit, it's rich in cherry, red and black currant and Dr. Pepper flavors.

• 200492 pts

  Here's the latest in a string of great Cabs from Vine Cliff. It shows the full ripeness of the vintage, with a rich array of blackberry, cassis, cherry, chocolate and caramel flavors. But it wisely preserves structure with fine acidity and a complex tannic architecture. Should d…

• 200192 pts

  This complex and distinctive wine is dark and brooding, and reveals itself reluctantly through an elaborate overlay of well-toasted oak. Below all that char and vanilla is polished blackcurrant and cassis fruit. The sweet tannins and weight of the wine are pedigreed, but there's…