2013 Lyndenhurst Cabernet Sauvignon
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst is dark, pliant and supple, all of which make it an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next few years. Sweet red plum, tobacco, cedar and leather add shades of aromatic nuance. The 2013 finishes with a good bit of brightness, but what stands out most is how the tannins have softened over the last year.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Jancis Robinson MW
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92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. More than 2,000 cases produced. 73% of fruit from their own vineyards. Dark crimson. Tobacco leaf notes on the nose. Dry and appetising on the end but nothing too sweet nor too alcoholic. Lots of savour – so different from the Napa Valley norm. Complex. Dry finish. For food! (JR)
One of the iconic wineries of Napa Valley, their 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst, a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and the rest equal parts Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, this is s softer, less prodigious wine than the flagship wine from their estate in St. Helena. This wine exhibits a nice, healthy, dark ruby/purple color, a sweet nose of black cherries and blackcurrants and Margaux-like finesse in a medium-bodied, supple and seductive style. Drink it over the next decade.
A wine of precision, nuance and freshness, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Lyndenhurst offers notable freshness, not to mention fabulous overall balance. Beams of underlying tannin give the wine much of its pulsating energy. Bright floral and spice notes add an attractive upper register to the red-toned fruit.
About the producer
Spottswoode is one of those rare Napa estates whose reputation rests less on volume or spectacle than on persistent exactitude. Set on the western edge of St Helena, where the Mayacamas rise and afternoon breezes temper the valley’s warmth, the vineyard occupies a favoured pocket of the appellation.