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2015 Pott Wine Her Majesty's Secret Service Cabernet Sauvignon

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May 12, 2024 - $120

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RATINGS

96Jeb Dunnuck

Black fruits, smoked earth, chocolate, spring flowers and hints of lavender all emerge from this rich, full-bodied, concentrated wine that has terrific mid-palate depth, building tannin, hints of background oak, and a great finish.

94Vinous / IWC

Graphite and smoke are some of the many overtones that develop in the glass. Incisive, mountain tannins give the wine its shape and overall dimension.

92The Wine Advocate

...earthy nose over a baked cherries and plums core plus underbrush and smoked meat notions. Full-bodied and generously fruited with firm, grainy tannins, it finishes savory.

91Wine Spectator

Elegant and refined, centered on a mix of red berry, plum and cherry flavors. Spicy and refined, with tannins that are polished yet substantive.

PRODUCER

Pott Wine

Pott Wine is a small winery on Mount Veeder in Napa Valley. It was started by Aaron Pott and his wife Claire. Pott previously worked under John Kongsgaard and has been a winemaker at Beringer, St. Clement and Quintessa. He also has worked in France and earned an advanced degree in winemaking at the Universite of Bourgogne. He and his wife source their grapes from Napa Valley and produce Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Bordeaux-style red blends.

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.