Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
USA, Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot
Description
Ripe, focused flavors of cherry, boysenberry, and blackcurrant are complemented by soft notes of cedar, bay leaf, and a savory earthiness. On the palate, this wine has a fruit-driven entry balanced with firm tannins that give way to a lush, lingering finish.
Awards
Platinum Decanter Medal
97 pts Decanter Points
97 POINTS
BEST IN SHOW
Decanter World Wine Awards
“For the second year running, it’s an Oak Knoll Cabernet which has carried the Best In Show torch for the Napa, underlining the fact that this spot in the Valley seems to be ideal for mingling Napa’s diagnostic generosity and depth with an expressive finesse and an approachability which both appeals to our judges and chimes with the wine world’s zeitgeist. The wine is still dark black-purple, and the aromatic currant and berry fruits are blue, tender and enticing, with skilled and seamless oak integration. On the palate, the wine has weight and depth — but what you really notice in this 2018 vintage is its purity and inner energy; the weight and depth follow on after, but don’t overwhelm from the start. The seamless integration of acidity and brisk tannin, too, is another mouthwatering hallmark — of skilled winemaking, or the place? Who’s to say?” – July 2021
94 POINTS
GOLD
Sommeliers Choice Awards
May 2021
92 POINTS
Wine & Spirits
November 2021
92 POINTS
GOLD
Sunset International Wine Competition
June 2021
92 POINTS
GOLD
Beverage Testing Institute
February 2021
90 POINTS
Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine
April 2021
Certifications
Alcohol
14.5%
Analytical data
dry
1.0 g/l residual sugar
3.1 g/l acidity
3.0 pH
Vineyard
Main Ranch
Winemaker
Brian Kays
Aromas
Wood: restrained
Taste
Body: full
Bottling
Size: 0.750l
GTIN: 0013024170017
Packaging
Bottles per case: 6
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