Private Napa Cab tasting for Wayne and friends October 1st

We will be tasting six differnet vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley California.

 

WINE SELECTION

Champagne Toast!

 

1-Rudd 2014 Samantha’s Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Napa Valley California
Jeb Dunnuck 94 Rating
Coming all from estate fruit and made from 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Cabernet Franc and the rest Malbec and Petit Verdot, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Samantha's Estate is a charming, ripe, sexy beauty that's loaded with notions of blackcurrants, spicy oak, and lead pencil-like aromas and flavors. Ripe, opulent, and much more forward and sexy than the Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, drink it over the coming 15-20 years.

 

2-Burgess 2017 Contadina Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley California
Wine Enthusiast 95 Rating
This classically styled Napa Cabernet is big but balanced, offering savory black olive and bay leaf aromas that lead to potent, tasty black currant, mint and blueberry flavors. Silky, bracing tannins support the complex flavors, lending elegance and age-worthiness. Best from 2025-2035.

 

3-Double Diamond (Schrader) 2019 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley California
Wine Spectator 94 Rating #1 Top Wine of 2022  
Packs in generous steeped plum, boysenberry and mulberry flavors backed by a broad swath of roasted alder and bittersweet cocoa. Brimming with dense fruit and is squarely in the not-shy style. The long finish has a serious loamy tug, too.

 

4-Ghost Block 2020 Oakville Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley California
Vivino average 4.4 Rating
This wine offers a harmonious balance of rich dark fruit, blackberries, and plums with hints of violet, chocolate, vanilla, and spices with aromatics on the palate. Fined grain tannins frame the velvety mid-palate with a crisp, lingering finish. This wine is well-structured and complex and will perfectly pair with grilled lamb chops.

 

5-Julien Fayard 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Classic California Napa Valley California
Vivino average 4.4 Rating
Julien’s 2021 Classic unites Napa Valley’s diverse terroirs in a gracefully balanced composition. Complex aromas, dynamic textures and fresh energy deliver an elegant expression of the region and vintage. An inviting nose offers plum, espresso, and warm, woodsy notes of cedar and autumn leaves. Plush, sweet purple fruit and rich coffee aromas expand on the palate, supported by gentle minerality and notes of fresh thyme and garrigue. Spicy white-pepper tannins usher the wine into a mouthwatering finish of fresh red fruits, blackberry pastry, and allspice.

 

6-Venge Vineyards 2022 Silencieux Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley California
Vivino average 4.4 Rating
Wonderfully aromatic and expressive, the 2022 vintage opens with scents of sweet cassis, anise, blackberries, roasted coffee, blue herbs and barrel vanillin. On the palate, the tannins are firm, upfront and balanced throughout, with all pockets of the mouth left yearning for another sip. Full-bodied and extracted with ripe black fruit, blueberries, charred caramel and a delightful hint of fresh herbs that concentrate into a lengthy finish. This wine is approachable upon release and cellar worthy in proper aging conditions.

 

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