Alcohol 14.50%. Body Medium. Oak Oaked. Grapes 5% Cabernet Franc, 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot. Tasted by Jonathan Cristaldi (at Ulysses, Oakville, Napa Valley, 06 May 2024). Drinking Window: 2024–2032. The 2017 Ulysses Cabernet Sauvignon reflects its challenging growing season, marked by warm temperatures...
The 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon is soft, understated, and classy, making it an ideal choice for drinking now and over the next 15–20 years. Striking purity of red-fleshed fruit combines with freshness and silkiness. Well balanced in every element. While it may lack the breadth of...
Packed with the ripe, vivid fruit of the vintage, showing intense cassis, raspberry, and blackberry flavors supported by prodigious structure from licorice root and roasted apple wood. Rippling with muscle through the finish, yet balanced, showing precision and detail. Like a Richard Serra, immense at...
Top 100 US Wines for 2020 – #94. Extremely aromatic with crushed berries, currants, flowers, and hints of uncured tobacco leaf. Carnations, medium to full body, and extremely fine tannins that are firm and polished. Vertical tannins draw you down. Some blanched-walnut character to the...