Dominique Portet

Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Jodi M

9.2

Bold, red fruit and pepper, medium tannins. — 14 days ago

Clos du Val Wine Co.

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

Timothy

9.3

Kudos a Mr. Bernard Portet en este Bordeaux blend de 37 años y absoluta elegancia..
Valida su visión de hacer vinos que añejen a lo viejo mundo en el.nuevo. Siempre se mantuvo fiel a su estilo y nunca dobló rodillas haciendo vino para satisfacer revistas. — 2 years ago

Dominique Portet

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Joan Johnson

9.0

Had this in Saturday at a tasting at the Winery. Picnic with an awesome view. — 7 years ago

Clos du Val Wine Co.

Estate Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1976

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9.6

The 1976 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate from Clos du Val is the most interesting of all the wines. The estate was founded by John and Henrietta Goelet in the early Seventies when the couple challenged recently graduated winemaker Bernard Portet to create a Bordeaux-inspired estate in Napa. Clos du Val attained global recognition when its inaugural 1972 Cabernet Sauvignon was one of the wines poured blind by Steven Spurrier at the epochal The Judgement of Paris, so this bottle of 1976 was one of their earliest bottlings that, incidentally, came directly from Clos de Val’s apparently meager reserves. It is very elegant and perfumed on the nose, typical old school, classic Napa Cabernet in all its unfettered glory, beautifully defined with wilted rose petals and a light fish scale element. Supple, very pliant tannins define the palate. There remains ample freshness and poise, a fine silver thread of acidity and a clove-tinged, rounded, exquisitely balanced finish that would surpass practically every other Bordeaux from this vintage. Outstanding. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2024)
— 14 days ago