Old Acre
Reserve Rutherford Bench Cabernet Sauvignon
Rutherford, Napa Valley, California, USA
To be honest, this was very tight initially and coated with a ton of cherries, but boy did it sing with some air time. Straight out of the bottle the wine was a deep and dark ruby red with a purplish hue. The nose changed quite a bit over the three days we tasted. Started off with slight dust/chalk and muted. After a few hours it finally started to open with some dark cherries, slight cinnamon and a cherry liquor. The next day, dark baking spices and some oaky undertones came right through. Palate was coated in cinnamon, vanilla, dark cherries and some slight cloves. Heavy tannins (8/10), thick and medium plus bodied wine. Super extracted that finished off with a long semi-dry finish. Very complex and intriguing wine. Definitely needs a few years in the bottle to fully integrate and develop all the secondary flavors. Crazy good potential. Drink 2017 till 2030.
To be honest, this was very tight initially and coated with a ton of cherries, but boy did it sing with some air time. Straight out of the bottle the wine was a deep and dark ruby red with a purplish hue. The nose changed quite a bit over the three days we tasted. Started off with slight dust/chalk and muted. After a few hours it finally started to open with some dark cherries, slight cinnamon and a cherry liquor. The next day, dark baking spices and some oaky undertones came right through. Palate was coated in cinnamon, vanilla, dark cherries and some slight cloves. Heavy tannins (8/10), thick and medium plus bodied wine. Super extracted that finished off with a long semi-dry finish. Very complex and intriguing wine. Definitely needs a few years in the bottle to fully integrate and develop all the secondary flavors. Crazy good potential. Drink 2017 till 2030.
May 12th, 2016114.95. Smells nice too. Yum. Well balanced. Not sweet but has a sweet touch at the end. Very good. I rated this a 9.3. Then I went back to the Fontanella and found that it was even better. So I bumped up he fontanellas rating from a 9 to 9.3. These scores are so subjective. I think they are only fair if you rate them at the same time.
114.95. Smells nice too. Yum. Well balanced. Not sweet but has a sweet touch at the end. Very good. I rated this a 9.3. Then I went back to the Fontanella and found that it was even better. So I bumped up he fontanellas rating from a 9 to 9.3. These scores are so subjective. I think they are only fair if you rate them at the same time.
Feb 26th, 2017
This is new producer Old Acre's first release a 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve from the famed Rutherford Bench in Napa Valley. Single vineyard with dark fruits, mocha and wild berries, it is full bodied with polished tannins, a must try!
This is new producer Old Acre's first release a 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve from the famed Rutherford Bench in Napa Valley. Single vineyard with dark fruits, mocha and wild berries, it is full bodied with polished tannins, a must try!
Dec 22nd, 2015