2021 Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
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Full bottle 1,426 g. 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Merlot, 0.5% Petit Verdot, 0.5% Malbec. Aged for 18 months in French oak, 50% new. 13,363 cases produced. Dark crimson. Heady nose. Gratifyingly sweet yet fresh. Maybe a wine for which the word ‘plush’ was made? Well-balanced mix of ripeness and refreshment. Sweet and green notes but well integrated. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District is based on 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Merlot, and minuscule percentages of Petit Verdot and Malbec that's all from estate fruit in the Stags Leap District. It offers a pure, medium to full-bodied, incredibly elegant style as well as tons of minerality in its red and black fruits, ripe, building tannins, nicely integrated acidity, and just a kiss of background oak. I love the overall style of this beauty, which will compete with wines two to three times the price.
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) is bright, punchy and super-expressive. Black cherry, plum, mocha, dark spice and licorice are nicely pushed forward. This is a serious appellation-level wine with good depth and plenty of structure.
Chimney Rock's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District is pretty textbook stuff, delivering black cherries and cassis dusted in dried earth and mixed spices. Medium to full-bodied, it's silky and fine, not overpowering but rather elegant, with a long, lingering finish.