2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Treva's Vineyard Very Special Reserve
Estimated value
Buying options
Tasting notes
The 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon Treva’s Vineyard (approximately 300 cases produced) is from a hillside vineyard planted in red, volcanic soils. It exhibits a Graves-like, charcoal, scorched earth character along with deep blackberry and black currant fruit notes, full-bodied power, sweet tannins, a distinctive earthiness and a rich personality. It is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Clone 337 and, again, is aged 20 months in 100% new oak. Drink it over the next 15-20 years. This winery at the bottom of Diamond Mountain in the Calistoga appellation has seven acres planted with nearly all Cabernet Sauvignon and some Petit Verdot. I first tasted these offerings with Mark Herold when he was the consulting winemaker, but now Thomas Rivers Brown has taken over the position. Tel. (707) 942-1513; Fax (707) 942-5301
Critic scores
Average Score
Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
More reviews and scores
Ruby-red. Lively aromas of currant, blueberry and licorice. Dense and sappy, with cassis and boysenberry fruit flavors complicated by graphite, scorched earth and creosote and lifted by fruity pepper. Good energy and sap here, as well as the stuffing to buffer its firm tannins. This normally powerful cuvee got the shortest maceration in '08, noted winemaker Brown, who added that frost in 2008 cut the yields in half at this estate, "but not on this 20-degree slope."