![]() Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. Heady with an edge of iodine, this is the taste of luxury. This has real verve but also wonderfully supple tannins. Well-proportioned, showing a grip of fine-grained tannins that will benefit from cellaring. Seductive from the get-go, with a supple entry to the layers of complexity, mixing flavors of mocha, currant, plum, licorice, spice and cedary oak. Graphite, smoke, cedar and tobacco run through this virile, statuesque uly remarkable. Huge swaths of tannin wrap around a core of intense dark red fruit in this potent, brooding wine. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is both powerful and ethereal, charged with energy and backed up by profound black fruits, supported with plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and beautifully perfumed. a little swirling before exploding with preserved black and blue fruits-blueberry compote, blackberry pie and blackcurrant cordial-giving way to notes of unsmoked cigars, new leather, beef drippings and menthol with wafts of roasted rosemary and rose oil. Full body, superb balance of ultra-fine tannins and vibrant acidity. Roses continue to exude opulence and class. Terrific aromas of crushed black currants, blueberries, and flowers with hints of sweet tobacco. Tannins are precise and racy.The greatest Opus ever. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy Boysen berry, violet plum, small notes of raspberry associated with touches of violet, lily, liquorice, zan as well as small hints of small bright berries, incense, mocha, very fine hints of toasted almond, cardamom, a subtle hint of chocolate truffle and an imperceptible saline hint. The palate is fruity, harmonious and offers freshness, minerality, a beautiful definition, gourmandize, an acidulous frame as well as a certain tension, a beautiful definition, precision, a beautiful finesse of the grain, delicacy, concentration (full of finesse), suavity and a very fine unctuosity. It reveals notes of Boysen berry, fleshy plum, small notes of fleshy strawberry associated with touches of juicy cassis, small pulpy fruits, cornflower, zan as well as fine hints of dry local oak leaf, Badiane, discreet hints of toasted oak, almond, truffle and a discreet hint of clove. The nose is fresh, fruity, elegant, harmonious and offers power, delicacy as well as a beautiful finesse of the grain and a small melodious side. Tannins are precise and racy." - 93 - 94/100, VertdeVin ![]() This Napa Valley wine has received good scores from various critics.Ĭritic tasting note: "The nose is fresh, fruity, elegant, harmonious and offers power, delicacy as well as a beautiful finesse of the grain and a small melodious side.
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