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Proprietary Blend · North Coast
97+ points from Robert Parker, and only 290 cases produced - How many bottles are left? made.
“Faintly herbal nuances of dried thyme and sage accent ripe black cherries on the nose of the 2021 Madrona Ranch Proprietary Red. From what is effectively Abreu's HQ at the base of Spring Mountain, it's full-bodied and velvety, dark, earthy and tannic, not surprisingly a bit closed compared to the barrel sample previously reviewed. Give it at least a few years in the cellar, and drink it over the next quarter century.”
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Abreu Vineyards
1987 Proprietary Blend, North CoastIs anyone anywhere in the world making more consistently profound wines than the famous viticulturalist David Abreu and his long-time sidekick and assistant, former chef Brad Grimes? Working from relatively small sites, two of them adjacent to the back streets of St. Helena (the six-acre Cappella Vineyard alongside a cemetery and the home estate of Madrona Ranch at the base of Spring Mountain) to the co-owned vineyard with Ric Forman, the magnificent Thorevilos Vineyard behind the Meadowood Resort. There is also his own 2,000-foot elevation site on Howell Mountain.
These wines are all proprietary reds, probably containing at least 60-65% Cabernet Sauvignon, the rest largely Cabernet Franc with a little Petit Verdot and occasionally tiny amounts of Merlot. They spend a full two years in 100% new French oak and are bottled without any fining or filtration. They are exquisite examples of Bordeaux blends that are true first growths in every sense. So how do I go about describing these wines, which are so exciting and satisfying on both hedonistic and intellectual levels?
One bottle, 750 ml, of the 1987 vintage.
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Abreu Vineyards, owned by David Abreu.
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