Shafer Vineyards – Cabernet Sauvignon 2023, Sunspot Vineyard Stags Leap District – Napa Valley

Shafer Vineyards – Cabernet Sauvignon 2023, Sunspot Vineyard  Stags Leap District – Napa Valley

The nose is floral and fresh. It reveals notes of cherry, cassis and small notes of violet, associated with touches of balsamic and crushed blueberry. The palate is well-built and fruity and offers freshness, tension, precision, suppleness and good length. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of juicy/pulpy blackberry, crushed cherry and small notes…

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Cain – Cabernet Sauvignon 2023, The Phoenix Rises – Napa Valley

Cain – Cabernet Sauvignon 2023, The Phoenix Rises – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity, fresh and crisp. It reveals notes of fresh raspberry, rosemary and small notes of small berries, associated with touches of sweet pepper as well as fine hints of spice. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, freshness, a chiselled side and racy minerality. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of…

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Cliff Lede – Rhytm 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District – Napa Valley

Cliff Lede – Rhytm 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon  Stags Leap District – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity, elegant, gourmand and offers deepness. It reveals notes of pulpy strawberry, brilliant cassis and small notes of pulpy plum, small roasted-elegant red fruits, as well as fine hints of tobacco, smoke, a hint of toastiness and sweet spices. The palate is beautifully juicy, pulpy, silky and tangy and offers a lovely…

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Cliff Lede – Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 – Napa Valley

Cliff Lede – Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity and gourmand and offers good definition and an airy, silky side. It reveals notes of pulpy blackberry, crushed raspberry and small notes of crushed redcurrant, associated with touches of cornflower, crushed cherry as well as a hint of lilac. The palate is well-built, supple and offers creaminess, an airy side, energy…

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Cain Five 2006 Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley

Cain Five 2006  Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley

The nose is elegant, precise, ripe, delicate and airy and offers a very discreet, delicate texture. It reveals notes of quite ripe blackberry, small wild red fruits and small notes of tobacco, undergrowth, fine hints of zan, as well as a discreet hint of graphene and flowers. The palate is well-built, supple, airy, elegant, racy…

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Staglin – Salus 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley

Staglin – Salus 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley

The nose is elegant, precise, pure and gourmand. It reveals notes of pulpy cherry, pulpy plum and small notes of small brilliant fruits, as well as discreet hints of zan, small crushed blue fruits and a subtle hint of sense of the place. The palate is fruity, racy, well-built, mineral, fresh, balanced and offers a…

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Mario Bazan – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 Coombsville – Napa Valley

Mario Bazan – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019  Coombsville – Napa Valley

The nose is fresh, complex and offers a fine sap as well as a beautiful deepness. It reveals notes of cassis, juniper berries and small notes of wild cherry associated with touches of small wild red fruits as well as a hint of plum blossom, tobacco, Madagascar pepper and dry local grove. The palate is…

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Mario Bazan – Rama 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon Coombsville – Napa Valley

Mario Bazan – Rama 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon  Coombsville – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity and offers a certain concentration, a certain power as well as a taut and discreetly tight grain. It reveals notes of cassis, wild small red fruits and small notes of raspberry associated with touches of zan, a hint of bay berries as well as a very discreet hint of lily and…

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St Supéry – Élu 2019 – Napa Valley

St Supéry – Élu 2019 – Napa Valley

The nose is aromatic and spicy and offers notes of pepper and a certain concentration/deepness of fruit. It reveals notes of violet, camphor and small notes of tobacco, associated with touches of black olive, small roasted red berries, as well as discreet hints of cornflower and roasting hazelnut. The palate is well-built, supple, precise, juicy,…

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St Supéry – Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 – Napa Valley

St Supéry – Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 – Napa Valley

The nose is aromatic and finely powdered. It reveals notes of violet, camphor and small notes of saffron in its floral side, notes of wild cassis, violet plum, small brilliant/roasted fruits, as well as fine hints of balsamic/black olive. The palate is well-built, supple, precise, juicy and offers pulpiness and brilliance. In mouth this wine…

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