2013 Odette Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is largely in the same ballpark, although it’s slightly darker and more concentrated. Full-bodied aromas and flavors of red and black fruits, tobacco, spice, camphor, and chocolate oak, as well as a touch of minerality, define the bouquet, and it has ripe, polished tannins and a great finish. It’s another knockout bottle of wine readers will be thrilled to have in the cellar. As with the 2012, drink bottles over the coming decade.
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate exhibits graphite, blackberry and cassis, chocolate and a touch of mineral in a full-bodied, layered and impressively pure style. It’s a big wine for Stags Leap (15.4% alcohol), but gorgeously pure, with everything well-knit into a sensational equilibrium. This is only a baby, but promises to hit its peak in 7-10 years and last 25-30.
Odette's 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is dark, plump and juicy. Black cherry, plum, spice, mint and licorice meld together in an expressive, layered Cabernet Sauvignon. The style is forward, open-knit and succulent, with considerable near and medium term appeal. A host of sweet red cherry, plum, hard candy and lavender meld into the finish. The Estate should drink well with minimal cellaring.
A terrific example of the year, the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate brings together the energy of the vintage along with the deep, inky fruit that is such a signature of Stags' Leap Cabernets. This is an especially finessed wine for the year, though, and the tannins are quite tamed, which will provide readers with what looks like a good early accessibility today. Mint, nutmeg and orange peel add nuance on the expressive, perfumed finish. Dollops of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot round out the blend.