2019 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Hideaway Vineyard
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Chappellet's 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hideaway Vineyard is only the fourth vintage produced, from a southwest-facing parcel first planted in 1979. Dried sage accents are mixed red and black cherries on the nose, while the medium- to full-bodied palate is taut, tannic and firm, almost chewy on the finish. It seems to be in a bit of a closed phase at the moment.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hideaway Vineyard, which is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, comes from the estate and is a broader, richer, more expansive wine compared to the Pritchard Hill release, offering lots of red and black currant fruits, notes of dried herbs, chocolate, and spice, full body, ripe, rounded tannins, and a great finish. It's already drinking nicely yet has another 15+ of prime drinking ahead of it. 1600 cases.
The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hideaway emerges from a parcel on the other side of the estate, next to Continuum. First made in 2016, the Hideaway continues to show itself to be a wine of tremendous character and pedigree. In most vintages it challenges the Pritchard Hill but in 2019 I find it to have even greater complexity, nuance and pedigree. Like all these wines, the Hideaway is a potent wine, but all the elements are so well balanced. The Hideaway is the most distinctive wine in the range.
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.