Pellet Estate
Pellet Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
It's time for my #FridayCabernetfix. Here is a gorgeous one from Napa Valley.
Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.
Fruity nose of blackberries, sweet cherries, black currants, cedar, earth, vanilla, licorice, spices, tobacco leaf, vegetables, celery leaf, dark coffee, pencil lead and black pepper.
Full bodied and smooth with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, blueberries, light vanilla, vegetables, tobacco, cedar, peppercorn, espresso, chocolates, earth, diet coke, licorice and spices.
Medium plus on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This 6 year old Cabernet Sauvignon is already delicious and balanced with nice complexity. Rich and elegant. Spicy and interesting. Tasty and delicious.
This Single Vineyard is fruit forward at the beginning, and then more earth notes come in and bring complexity to the equation. Feels like a soft, Left Bank Bordeaux.
This is from a great vintage and it will age nicely in the next 10 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 3 years.
I let it open up for 4 hours and that's when all that complexity showed up. That was a good call.
A good wine to have with friends and talk about, but will work nicely with game meats, too.
I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses.
Aged for 36 months in French oak barrels (80% new).
14.7% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$95.
It's time for my #FridayCabernetfix. Here is a gorgeous one from Napa Valley.
Dark ruby in color with a reddish rim.
Fruity nose of blackberries, sweet cherries, black currants, cedar, earth, vanilla, licorice, spices, tobacco leaf, vegetables, celery leaf, dark coffee, pencil lead and black pepper.
Full bodied and smooth with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, blueberries, light vanilla, vegetables, tobacco, cedar, peppercorn, espresso, chocolates, earth, diet coke, licorice and spices.
Medium plus on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This 6 year old Cabernet Sauvignon is already delicious and balanced with nice complexity. Rich and elegant. Spicy and interesting. Tasty and delicious.
This Single Vineyard is fruit forward at the beginning, and then more earth notes come in and bring complexity to the equation. Feels like a soft, Left Bank Bordeaux.
This is from a great vintage and it will age nicely in the next 10 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 3 years.
I let it open up for 4 hours and that's when all that complexity showed up. That was a good call.
A good wine to have with friends and talk about, but will work nicely with game meats, too.
I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses.
Aged for 36 months in French oak barrels (80% new).
14.7% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$95.
Tried 2014 vintage, bold flavor and tamed tannins, great with steak and a caesar salad!!
Tried 2014 vintage, bold flavor and tamed tannins, great with steak and a caesar salad!!
Mar 24th, 2022