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2017 DuMOL Cabernet Sauvignon

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April 10, 2022 - $63

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RATINGS

97Wine Enthusiast

Salty toffee, licorice and bold black fruit meet a density of oak and grip in this complex, ultimately beguiling and memorable wine. Structured and sturdy, it offers a juicy undercurrent of freshness that complements and impresses, leaving a lengthy impression of elegant power.

92Wine Spectator

Ripe and dense, with a long beam of cassis, plum and boysenberry paste flavors rolling through, lined with anise and apple wood notes. Shows a good tug of sweet earth at the end. Very solid.

91Vinous / IWC

A gorgeous appellation-level wine...succulent, rich and enveloping, not to mention incredibly delicious. Dark cherry, plum, chocolate, spice, new leather, licorice all race out of the glass as this sensual, open-knit Cabernet shows off its alluring personality and immediacy.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,

TYPE

Red Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon

One of the most widely grown grape varieties, it can be found in nearly every wine growing region. A cross between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. It’s a hardy vine that produces a full-bodied wine with high tannins and great aging potential.