2004 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard
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A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petit Verdot and 8% Merlot, the medium garnet-brick colored 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard is a little reticent to begin, opening out to the most incredible perfume of fragrant lilacs and rose hip tea over a beautiful core of cassis, warm blackberries, chocolate-covered cherries and bay leaves with touches of cloves and cinnamon stick. Full-bodied, rich and tautly structured with ripe, grainy tannins, it offers great poise as well as depth, finishing with great length.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill is still quite primary considering its age and the vintage. Caught in an in-between stage, the 2004 is neither young nor old, but it does need at least few years more in bottle to soften. Ripe dark fruit, smoke, tobacco, licorice and earthiness open up gradually. Stylistically, the 2004 seems quite different from the wines Chappellet is making today in terms of its up-front ripeness and sweetness. Of course, part of that may have been the vintage, but I think there is more to it than just that.
About the producer
Founded in 1967, Chappellet is a pioneering, family-owned Napa Valley estate on Pritchard Hill, where it helped establish the tradition of high-elevation viticulture. Its mountain-grown wines are renowned for their depth, elegance and longevity, led by Cabernet Sauvignon.