2012 Inglenook Rubicon
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A broad and complex wine offering attractive aromas of dark berries, spices, walnuts, iodine and wet stones. It’s full, densely packed and beautifully integrated, with layered velvety tannins and generous fruit. Long and seamless. A classy Napa red. 86% cabernet sauvignon, 9% petit verdot, 4% cabernet franc and 1% merlot. Already beautiful to drink and will hold well, too.
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Robert Parker
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The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon is deeper, inkier and sweeter than the Cask, with quite a bit more new French oak influence. Espresso, mocha, licorice, cloves and new leather are fused together in an unctuous, resonant Cabernet loaded with mid-palate sweetness and intensity. Radiant and generous, the 2012 will provide readers with a long window of pure drinking pleasure once the tannins soften a bit. (AG)
To be released in September 2015. Already more voluptuous on the nose than the 2013. Less distinctive. Spicy with mulberry notes and fine tannins and sufficient acidity. Tannins less fine than in 2013. Very thick. (JR)
The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Rubicon is gorgeous. Dark red cherries, plums, licorice and leather blossom as this rich, resonant wine opens up in the glass. Pliant and super-expressive, yet very much medium in body, the 2012 will drink beautifully for the next 10-15 years, perhaps longer. The polished, refined finish makes it hard to resist a second taste.
About the producer
Inglenook is one of Napa’s oldest wine estates, founded in 1879, but is today owned by Francis Ford Coppola.