Yountville Cabernet Sauvignon Reviews

Polished and ripe, with alluring cassis and mulled plum fruit flavors gliding atop a polished structure, with subtle alder, violet and loam accents filtering through as well. A stylish Cabernet, with some latent depth and grip in reserve. Best from 2021 through 2031. — JM

Aged 20 months in 63% new French oak, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Yountville District Collection is deep garnet-purple colored with decadent preserved plums, crème de cassis, sandalwood and chargrill scents with wafts of dried roses and lavender. The palate is medium to full-bodied with bags of finesse and great freshness, framed by fine-grained tannins and finishing long and perfumed. 234 cases produced.

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon District Collection Yountville is one of the standouts in the District Collection wines. It’s a balanced, complete, beautiful wine that gives up lots of currant and black raspberry fruits as well as more and more spice, hints of toasty oak, and licorice aromas and flavors. Rounded, textured, and, again, beautifully balanced, drink it over the coming 15 years.

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Yountville District Collection has a boisterous baked berries, mulberries and black forest cake-scented nose with plenty of spices, dusty earth and licorice. Full-bodied, rich, spicy and bold in the mouth, it has a long finish.

A rich red, this is structured and firm in the middle, then it loosens up to a touch of sweetness in the end. There's interesting detail in the tannins, yielding the scent of tobacco and the feel of crushed stone. The flavors are smoky with oak, broad and juicy, built for eggplant roasted with ground lamb. 

Yeasty, like baked bread, this thick, leathery and peppery wine is surrounded by a wealth of burly tannins. The oak well integrated, it will nonetheless benefit from further aging to coax more of its dark raspberry and blackberry fruit. Cellar through 2020. — V.B.

A gutsy, rustic style, with raw, chewy tannins and a strong wood presence giving this the initial impression of an overly tannic effort. With time, however, the ripeness of the fruit and tannins should make this quite pleasing.  –JL