2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Scarecrow
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100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 4 blocks of vines originally planted in 1945 on the J J Cohn Estate. Aged 23 months in 100% new French oak (12 months before blending, then another 11 months before bottling); under 800 cases produced. Roasted coffee bean and ripe brambly fruits on the nose. A hint of menthol too. Bright acidity on the palate cuts through the sweet fruit but adds a hard edge. Still youthful, vibrant and intense in black fruit. Long, smoky finish. (TP)
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Minerals, mint, and berries in the nose. Full, powerful, polished, with wonderfully dense tannins. The finish is long, long, long. This is amazing, I love the freshness and length. Very classy and elegant, wonderful stuff. I am wowed. Great length, it's muscular with wonderful definition.
Spice, fresh blackberry, oak and coffee make up the perfume. Beautiful layers of rich, ripe concentrated fruit are easy to find in this full bodied wine. The wine ends with a plush, fat, sexy mouth filled with ripe dark fruit. 95 Points
Good full ruby-red. Complex nose offers blackcurrant, raspberry, mocha, coffee and licorice; conveys a strong site character. Silky-sweet and creamy in the mouth, with dark fruit and bitter chocolate flavors given an almost magically light touch by high notes of minerals, mint and lavender. Quite subtle and juicy for a wine with nearly 15% alcohol. Finishes with very fine tannins and terrific lift and length.
About the producer
Scarecrow shot to fame with its debut 2003 vintage. The wine, named after the The Wizard of Oz character, is made exclusively from grapes from the J. J. Cohn vineyard in Napa’s Rutherford. Scarecrow is owned by Bret Lopez (J. J. Cohn’s grandson) and is very much a rarity in Napa.