2013 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. They make about 700 cases of this wine, which has an opaque purple color and offers up notes of pen ink, blueberry liqueur, creosote, camphor and incense. It displays a touch of smoky barrique, but is already irresistible in its fleshy, full-bodied opulence, power, purity and over all hedonistic and intellectual appeal. Drink it over the next 15+ years.
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Robert Parker
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate has really come together beautifully over the last year. Energetic and explosive in the glass, the 2013 possesses notable richness and distinctiveness throughout. Savory herbs, tobacco, leather and licorice blossom as the wine fills out its ample frame effortlessly. Firm, chalky tannins lend support. Winemaker Tony Biagi has managed to preserve a good deal of freshness for such a big, opulent wine.
A rich, explosive wine, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate hits the palate with masses of super-ripe dark blue/blackish fruit, iron, smoke, tobacco, cedar and exotic spices. The style is dense, powerful and voluptuous, with good structure and compelling balance.
The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is a rich, bombastic wine. Sweet tobacco, spice, leather, incense and chocolate are all dialed up to the maximum. There's a good bit of development in the bouquet that suggests the 2013 is arriving at its first plateau of maturity, but the wine is also very dense and opulent in feel, which will help it continue to age. All things considered, this is a fine debut.