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Proprietary Blend · North Coast
95 points from Robert Parker.
“The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon Madrona Ranch is a strikingly superb Cabernet Sauvignon. Although it includes 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot in the blend I would never have guessed that. Aged in 100% new Taransaud barrels as are all Abreu's wines this wine boasts an opaque purple color in addition to a fabulous bouquet of blueberries blackberries cassis licorice minerals and smoky toasty oak. The wine's aromatics soar from the glass and in the mouth the bouquet's promise is fulfilled. A thick juicy black fruit character comes across in cascades of fruit glycerin and extract. All of this has been buttressed by sweet tannin and good acidity. A voluptuously-textured blockbuster yet remarkably harmonious wine it is one of the finest efforts of the vintage. These are riveting wines produced by a former Wine Advocate Hero of the Year.”
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Abreu Vineyards
1995 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 1995 vintage.
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Winemaker Brad Grimes, at Abreu Vineyards, owned by David Abreu.
Yes. You must be 21 years of age or older to purchase.
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