2012 Ad Vivum Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

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Score 91/100 · Drink 2016-2031, Robert Parker, Dec 2015

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet, aged in 60% new French oak. There are 240 cases of this elegant, stylish Cabernet Sauvignon, which has a dark ruby/purple color and notes of blackcurrants, lead pencil shavings and a touch of new oak, followed by a full-bodied, ripe wine with creamy tannins and nicely integrated acidity and alcohol. This wine is showing well already, as one might expect of the precocious and alluring 2012s. It can be drunk now or cellared for another 12-15 years.

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Critic scores
91
91/100

Robert Parker

About the producer

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Ad Vivum

Ad Vivum is a tiny Napa project from winemaker Chris Phelps, previously of Dominus and Caymus. Created in 2007, Phelps makes one wine, exclusively from two blocks in the Sleeping Lady vineyard, the southernmost site in Yountville.

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Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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