Vine Hill Ranch Vineyard Annulus 2021 – Napa Valley

Vine Hill Ranch Vineyard Annulus 2021 – Napa Valley

(Cabernet Sauvignon) The nose is fresh, precise, complex and rich and offers a fresh herbal (sweet wild mint, rosemary in syrup, sweet tobacco, cassis leaf) and floral (crystallized violet, rose water) frame. The fruits on the nose are ripe and juicy (ripe morello cherry, crushed wild strawberry, crushed raspberry, blueberry, tangy red fruit jam), combined…

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St Supéry – Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, Dollarhide – Napa Valley

St Supéry – Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, Dollarhide – Napa Valley

(Cabernet Sauvignon) The nose is velvety, textured, concentrated and offers light tertiary notes (tobacco, cigar box), toasted with an expressive touch of chocolate (smoked chocolate, cocoa, roasted cocoa nibs, mint chocolate), sweet spices enveloping and expressive, but integrated, complexity and a very savory side to the nose. The fruits on the nose are very ripe,…

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Arkenstone – NVD 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley

Arkenstone – NVD 2021, Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley

The nose is elegant, airy and fresh and offers a certain power of finesse and accuracy of grain. It reveals notes of ripe cassis, pulpy blackberry and small notes of crushed strawberry, associated with touches of cornflower, fine hints of Madagascar pepper, a discreet hint of graphene and a subtle hint of cypress. The palate…

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The Debate – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Newton Vineyard – Napa Valley

The Debate – Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Newton Vineyard – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity, frank, enveloping and bewitching. It reveals notes of boysenberry, small crushed blue fruits and small notes of crushed raspberry, associated with touches of blue plum as well as fine hints of licorice stick, star anise and tobacco, offering deepness and a lovely sense of the place. The palate is fruity, elegant,…

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The Debate – Cabernet Franc 2019, Stagecoach Vineyard – Napa Valley

The Debate – Cabernet Franc 2019, Stagecoach Vineyard – Napa Valley

The nose is pretty, velvety, airy, deep and offers concentration and precision. It reveals notes of brilliant blackberry, small bright blue fruits, and small notes of crushed blue plum, associated with hints of crushed strawberry, as well as a fine hint of cornflower and bourbon vanilla. The palate is well-built, supple, gourmand, elegant, racy and…

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The Debate – Cabernet Franc 2019, Sleeping Lady Vineyard – Napa Valley

The Debate – Cabernet Franc 2019, Sleeping Lady Vineyard – Napa Valley

The nose is elegant, precise, frank and offers a lovely grain, frank, stretched and delicate, and a sumptuous side. It reveals notes of blackberry, small brilliant blue fruits and small notes of crushed strawberry, associated with touches of vanilla, tobacco as well as fine hints of fresh blue plum. The palate is well-built, supple, elegant,…

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AXR 1 – 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley

AXR 1 – 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley

The nose is well-built, elegant, precise and offers deepness, lovely intensity, elegance, a fine, power side and intensity in accuracy. It reveals notes of fresh blackberry, pulpy/juicy raspberry, bright raspberry, as well as fine hints of fresh blueberry, discreet hints of violet and a subtle hint of verbena. The palate is fruity, well-built, fresh, supple,…

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

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

The nose is aromatic, fruity, gourmand and offers good definition, complexity, delicacy and offers a beautiful finesse of grain. It reveals notes of wild raspberry, pulpy strawberry and small notes of black berries, associated with touches of graphene, juniper berries, as well as fine notes of violet, brilliant cherry and a hint of black olive….

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Cain Five 2018 Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley

Cain Five 2018  Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy and deep and offers good definition, gourmandise and precision. It reveals notes of wild cassis, camphor and small notes of small blue fruits, associated with a touch of brilliant raspberry, tobacco, star anise, as well as a hint of sense of the place and a discreet hint of salinity….

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Cain Five 2009 Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley

Cain Five 2009  Spring Mountain District – Napa Valley

The nose is elegant, racy, precise, frank and fresh and offers complexity and a multi-layered side. It reveals notes of star anise, crushed strawberry and small notes of small brilliant wild fruits, associated with hints of small blue fruits, Timut pepper, as well as a hint of sense of the place, fresh tobacco and a…

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