2021 Cabernet Sauvignon 3LNapa Valley

Our 2021  Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is back to the usual blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc from all 5 of our vineyard sources. 

96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc.  

An incredible nose of clean forest, dark wood, and incense.  A classic wine that reminds us immediately of 2016 and 2018---ageable, defined and serious.  The 2021 has a clean edge of red raspberry and violet and seems to have everything in its right place. It is complex, and of course benefits from a decant this early in its life.

Jeb Dunnuck writes, "A smoking value, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley checks in as 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc that spent 20 months in 65% new French oak. There are roughly 2,000 cases of this beauty, which offers a great perfume of redcurrants, cassis, flowers, and some spicy, incense-like nuances. This carries to a medium to full-bodied 2021 that displays the vintage's pure, focused, elegant style, ripe tannins, and terrific mid-palate density. It will compete with wines twice its price and is perfect for drinking over the coming 10-15 years. If you see it, buy it."

95 Points

12/26/2023  www.jebdunnuck.com