2016 Hertelendy Cabernet Sauvignon
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon (75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot, 7% Malbec, 6% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc) is another inky colored effort and offers impressive blue fruits, cassis, graphite, and charcoal aromas and flavors. It's concentrated, stays slightly more restrained and elegant on the palate compared to the Legend cuvée, has ripe yet present tannins, and a beautiful finish. It's another serious wine from this estate.
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is a powerful and authoritative wine, and yet also remains light on its feet for such a big Cabernet. A rush of black cherry, plum, lavender, spice and menthol build in this decidedly powerful, virile wine from Ralph Hertelendy. Mid-weight structure makes the 2016 easy to appreciate on the young side, but there is good potential for at least medium term aging as well.
The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot, 7% Malbec, 6% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc. It has a deep garnet-purple color and delivers intense, vivacious black cherries, warm blackcurrants and blackberries scents with touches of garrigue, cigar box, underbrush and lavender. Full-bodied and packed with generous flavors of crushed black berries with oodles of earthy sparks, it has a rock-solid line of grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and savory.