Robert Craig Cabernet Sauvignon (Mount Veeder)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon

País

United States

Região

Mount Veeder · Napa

Denominação

Mount Veeder / Napa / California

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201094 pts

  Tasted in summer, 2013, this Cab was so tannic it was basically undrinkable. The astringency locks down the palate, but through it are faintly discernible notes of the wine's richness, in the form of incredibly concentrated blackberries, black currants, dark chocolate and smoky…

• 200792 pts

  A lovely and complex Cabernet from this mountain in the southerly Mayacamas chain. It shows the big, firm tannins of its origins, with a dry sturdiness backing up the intense black currant flavors. Drinkable now for sheer decadence, although it also seems to have the stuffing to…

• 200592 pts

  Tannins are the star here, the tough, young, chewy mountain kind that straitjacket the wine in its youth. But experience shows that cellaring rewards. When the tannins fall out, the sweet, juicy blackberry and cherry flavors can do their thing. This beautiful Bordeaux-style Cab…

• 200492 pts

  This is a very lush Cab, made in the modern style. All the elements of cult Cab are there: the soft voluptuousness, the finely ground, sweet tannins, the immensely ripe currant, blackberry and cocoa flavors, the coating of fine, smoky oak. I don't think it's an ager because of t…