2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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Beautiful any way you look at it, and a truly great wine, the flagship 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate offers a refined, incredibly elegant style while still showing the expansive, sexy, layered style of this brilliant vintage. Cassis, currant buds, smoked tobacco, violets, baking spices, and brambly herb notes all define the profile, and it s full-bodied, flawlessly balanced, has velvety tannins, and a great finish. All Cabernet Sauvignon from a site just north of St. Helena, aged 21 months in 85% new French oak, this sensational, singular beauty will continue drinking spectacularly well over the coming two decades. Hats off to winemaker Helen Keplinger for an utterly brilliant wine.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is flat-out stunning, just as it was the last time I tasted it. Sweet red cherry, red plum, mocha, spice, new leather and cedar are beautifully dialed up. Sadly, production is a measly 90 cases, as only the top section of the vineyard was under production at this time. I would give this a few years in bottle, as it has closed down a bit over the last year.
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, all from the upper blocks in this vintage, is regal, and supremely polished right out of the gate. Inky blue fruit, crème de cassis, lavender, menthol and cloves are some of the many aromas and flavors that take shape in the glass. Silky tannins wrap it all together in style. Medium in body, gracious and elegant, the 2019 is so impressive. I can't remember a Grace Cabernet with this much sheer finesse. Helen Keplinger has done a tremendous job in taming the tannins at Grace, historically one of the biggest challenges here. Epic.
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is silky, gracious and wonderfully elegant. It shows exceptional finesse and gorgeous aromatic presence. The 2019 was bottled just a few weeks before this tasting, but does not appear to be showing any signs of that. More than anything else, I am simply blown away by the finesse here. In the past, these have been wines more of heft and opulence, but the 2019 is super-classy. Superb.