Cade Winery Oakville Premiere Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Napa Valley, California
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Deep ruby in color with a very short reddish rim.
Sweet nose of blackberries, sweet plums, cooked cherries, figs, cedar, raisins, vanilla, licorice, eucalyptus herbs and black pepper.
Full bodied, smooth and elegant, with medium acidity.
Dry and very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black cherries, cooked plums, raisins, herbs, dried figs, vanilla, cedar, spices, cola, milk chocolates, tobacco, light earth and peppercorn.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.
This 14 year old from a great vintage in Napa, is drinking wonderfully now. A gorgeous wine that will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.
Showing great complexity and mouthfeel.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 2 hours of airtime. I did not decant it and left it in the bottle.
A great wine to have all by itself, but will pair very nicely with a nice piece of steak.
Thank you Sonny for sharing this with me.
This is bottle number 82 out of only 120 produced.
15% alcohol by volume.
97 points. — 4 years ago
High expectations and a decent aperitif wine. Very sweet vanilla and oaky. I mean. More than Caymus. Crazy. Kinda like drinking candy. Not a lot of depth but fruit was good. Liked it but once steaks arrived - it was time to move on to Cade Howell — 5 years ago
Easily one of their better bottles, but needs aging — 5 months ago
With the Jerviks, MacKinnons, Cade, and Kaylin. Bold merlot. Beautiful setting. — 4 years ago
absolutely delicious rosè recommended by the waiter. it’s bright, light with some fizz with some acidity. there were some bubbly strawberry flavors. i had it with a baked chicken. — 4 years ago
[Tasted on December 19, 2025 at Home with Tom and Kathy]
Purchased during visit to the winery in December 2018. Blackberry and black currant fruit, with notes of chocolate, forest floor and cloves. Lush wine. — 5 months ago
2021 vintage. So tasted alongside sister property Cade (and Plumpjack) Howell Mountain Cab. If I weren't so familiar with the Cade HM, woulda sworn this was mountain fruit. This is the leanest, dirtiest SLD effort I've ever had spanning a multiplicity of SLD producers since the 1986 vintage. It's got the underlying structure of Stags Leap District but none of the top layer of richness. It all got scraped off and you are just left with the steak-no sizzle. Comes courtesy of the old old Steltzer property (hadn't heard that winery name in decades and it was the durtiest in SLD!) and the new powers that be turbo-charged it and turned shizz up to 11. Fascinating and phenomenal. Light-medium body and has the color but packs an unexpected Barolo-styled punch. Not your average SLD bear. Watch out for Mr. Ringer...err...Ranger. 10.30.24. — 2 years ago
Early June — 4 years ago
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2022 vintage. One of the better Napa cab 2022's I've had. That Cade style...2.18.26. — 3 months ago