Schug Heritage Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

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

País

United States

Região

Sonoma Valley · Sonoma

Denominação

Sonoma Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201388 pts

  A handful of vineyards and additions of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot make up the whole of this wine, a cool-climate style accented in spicy red currant, cherry and woody tannin. With an earthiness of compost and wood, it shows a touch of reduction as it finish…

• 201289 pts

  Fruit is sourced from multiple sites, including Sangiacomo and Rancho Salina for this elegant wine which is slight in black and blue fruit with a subtle notion of leather. Structurally, it has a deep complexity of tannins that remains integrated on the back of the palate. It's r…

• 201088 pts

  A Cabernet with 12% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot blended in, all from Sonoma Valley's Rancho Salina Vineyard, this wine is medium in weight and viscous. A nice mix of cedar and herbs play against savory cranberry and tobacco. The balanced acidity gives it a lift.

• 200991 pts

  True to the Schug style, this is dry, earthy and less flamboyant than many of today's Cabs. But it's also elegant, and its modesty wants to support food, not overwhelm it. With its finely delineated black currants, anise, dried herbs and oak, it's a lovely wine to drink now, and…

• 200787 pts

  Here's a soft, sweet Cabernet, rich in blackberries, cherries, cassis and chocolate, with a spicy finish. It shows plenty of ripe varietal character, and is ready to drink now.

• 200588 pts

  With oak-inspired blackberry, cherry, currant, anise and spice flavors that taste a bit jammy and direct now, this wine could benefit from a few years in the cellar. That could let all the parts meld together.

• 200489 pts

  Here's a Cab that needs food to round it off and polish its rough edges. Very dry and a bit angular in tannins, with a peppery bite and generous flavors of cherries and blackberries.