Gravelly Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

DIAMOND CREEK

Gravelly Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon
2017

Country
United States
Regulated designation
American Viticultural Areas (AVA)
Region
California
Subregion
Napa, Napa Valley
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 88 %
Merlot 8 %
Cabernet Franc 2 %
Petit Verdot 2 %
Alcohol percentage
14.1%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website

About this winery

Diamond Creek is a true California legend: rare (only 1,500 total cases of three 'regular' bottlings, with tiny additional quantities from the miniscule Lake vineyard in favorable vintages), expensive, and talked or written about much more often than actually tasted. Furthermore, even the most rabid devotees of Napa cab have never seen the place - and they never will, no matter how many times they traverse Highway 29 or the Silverado Trail. In fact "Napa Valley" almost seems a silly appellation...

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Tasting notes

Our second coolest micro-climate is our five-acre Gravelly Meadow vineyard. Originally a pre-historic river bed, this stony, gravelly soil drains rapidly and the vines struggle for moisture. Gravelly Meadow is our lowest yielding vineyard. The wines are described as "earthy, cedary, jammy and ripe blackberry with a spicy expansive finish."

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 100 points -

Lisa Perrotti-Brown, (Vintage 2016)

Le Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow 2016 est composé de 88% de Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% de Merlot, 2% de Cabernet Franc et 2% de Petit Verdot. De couleur pourpre-noir très profond, il s'explime dans le verre avec des cerises noires magnifiquement provocantes, de la compote de bleuets et des parfums chauds de cassis suivis de violettes confites, de chocolat fondu, de réglisse et de feuilles d'automne ainsi que des notes d'olives noires et de lavande. De bouche mi-corsée à corsée, la bouche révèle une énergie explosive enveloppée dans un tapis soyeux de tanins aux grains exquis, finissant par une fraîcheur et un parfum incroyables. Magnifique.

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