Cardinal – Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 – Napa Valley

Cardinal – Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity, powerful and offers a certain brilliance. All in control and staightness. It reveals notes of bright cherry, crushed redcurrants and small notes of pulpy cherry associated with touches of slightly roasted small fruits, violet as well as discreet hints of cornflowers and liquorice. The palate is mineral, well-balanced, airy and offers…

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La Vérité – La Muse 2014 – Sonoma

La Vérité – La Muse 2014 – Sonoma

The nose is deep, elegant and offers a peppery side. A “quite Bordeaux” aspect. It reveals notes of blackberry, dry local undergrowth and small notes of clove associated with touches of lilac, pulpy small red fruits as well as discreet almost truffled hints and toasted hints. The palate is elegant, gourmand, mineral, complex and offers…

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La Vérité – La Joie 2014 – Sonoma

La Vérité – La Joie 2014 – Sonoma

Beautiful and precise nose, racy, deep and that offers a multi-layered side. The nose invites you to take your time, to think. It reveals notes of blackberry, violet and small notes of juicy/pulpy blue fruits associated with touches of camphor, flowers, a discreet almost pistil hint as well as a subtle hint of pine and…

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La Vérité – le Désir 2014 – Sonoma

La Vérité – le Désir 2014 – Sonoma

Beautiful and mineral nose, complex, precise and that offers a multi-layered side, tension as well as a beautiful precise, clean and tense grain. It reveals notes of wild strawberry and pulpy small wild red fruits associated with touches of roasted-fresh blackberry as well as hints of nutmeg, soil (almost a rocky side) and discreet hints…

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Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Diamond Mountain District, Napa Valley

Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Diamond Mountain District, Napa Valley

Nice elegant, precise, chiseled, frank and delicate nose. It reveals notes of wild boysenberry, crushed blackcurrant and small notes of blond tobacco associated with fine touches of black cherry, fine hints of toasted almond as well as a almost sense of place (biotop local) hint. The palate is beautifully mineral, elegant, well-balanced and offers precision,…

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Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

The nose is nicely complex, elegant, dense/concentrated and offers deepness as well as richness. It reveals notes of wild blueberry, pulpy purple plum and small notes of blackcurrant associated with touches of fresh small blue fruits, graphite, sense of place (local biotop), almost sappy as well as discreet hints of black tea/maceration and a very…

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Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Mount Veeder, Napa Valley

Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Mount Veeder, Napa Valley

The nose is fruity, pulpy and offers a beautiful definition. There are notes of bright boysenberry, violet and small notes of small blue fruits associated with hints of cardamom, sense of place (local biotop) as well as fine hints of varietal freshness. The palate is elegant, fine, creamy, mineral, fresh, racy and offers tension, precision…

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Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Spring Moutain District, Napa Valley

Lokoya – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Spring Moutain District, Napa Valley

Beautiful and creamy nose that offers power, nice grain finesse as well as intensity. It reveals notes of creamy blackberry, wild blackcurrant and small notes of pepper associated with touches of violet/flowers, wild strawberry as well as discreet almost dry local grove hints. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, elegant, racy and offers juiciness, suavity, minerality,…

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Ridge – Lytton Estate 2019, Petite Sirah – Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County

Ridge – Lytton Estate 2019, Petite Sirah – Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County

The nose is elegant, delicate and offers creaminess in finesse as well as a fine mellowness. There are notes of crushed red berries, bigarreau cherry and small notes of juicy/pulpy blackcurrant associated with fine hints of fig, dark chocolate, nutmeg, sweet spices as well as a very discreet hint of vanilla. The palate is elegant,…

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Anakota – Helena Montana Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Knights Valley

Anakota – Helena Montana Vineyard, Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 – Knights Valley

Beautiful powerful, racy nose which offers a beautiful finesse of the grain, concentration, a certain intensity as well as a nice airy and fresh side in its power. It reveals notes of boysenberry, quite ripe wild red berries and small notes of fresh pepper associated with touches of dry local grove, Bigarreau cherry as well…

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