Arkenstone
NVD Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
2021 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 🥳 with several members of our Tastevin crew and extended friends.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy, outside of sanctioned events.🍾 Notes may be light, scores will be honest. 💯
2021 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 🥳 with several members of our Tastevin crew and extended friends.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy, outside of sanctioned events.🍾 Notes may be light, scores will be honest. 💯
Jul 4th, 2021
1st vintage. Right down the middle. Still needs a slight decanting.
1st vintage. Right down the middle. Still needs a slight decanting.
May 29th, 2021
Arkenstone have this juice on autopilot. Very well behaved. This vintage comes across like a coiled spring, with a slight underripe note. However, the core components are there waiting in the wings. Leave this for a little while.
- Jean Georges, NYC.
Arkenstone have this juice on autopilot. Very well behaved. This vintage comes across like a coiled spring, with a slight underripe note. However, the core components are there waiting in the wings. Leave this for a little while.
- Jean Georges, NYC.
By the glass - no complaints at all...
- Jean Georges, NYC
By the glass - no complaints at all...
- Jean Georges, NYC
Served a touch too warm, and as a result, came off a little flat and phenolic. Need to take another look at this - Nougatine, NYC.
Served a touch too warm, and as a result, came off a little flat and phenolic. Need to take another look at this - Nougatine, NYC.
May 12th, 2019Very impressive. Wifey is gushing over this. I’m also taken aback. This has all the right components. Coffee and spice and all things nice. Regal tannins which are deftly balanced, complemented with bright acidity. Their first wine must be on another level.
Very impressive. Wifey is gushing over this. I’m also taken aback. This has all the right components. Coffee and spice and all things nice. Regal tannins which are deftly balanced, complemented with bright acidity. Their first wine must be on another level.
Apr 9th, 2019
TGIF! Poking around trying to make room in the wine cooler for a new shipment and decided it was time for a big big Friday pizza wine after the Arnold Palmer Golf Classic. Arkenstone’s Cabernet Sauvignon has the right spice and fruit blend for the job. The NVD was young but opened up nicely very quickly. God bless winemaker Sam Kaplan!
TGIF! Poking around trying to make room in the wine cooler for a new shipment and decided it was time for a big big Friday pizza wine after the Arnold Palmer Golf Classic. Arkenstone’s Cabernet Sauvignon has the right spice and fruit blend for the job. The NVD was young but opened up nicely very quickly. God bless winemaker Sam Kaplan!
Mar 9th, 2019
My second time having this, and I feel confident in this rating. Been about a year since I’ve had it and whole time has benefited it, it’s about identical. One word to summarize...plush. Incredibly soft tannins, even at pop and pour. About an hour of bottle decanting benefited, but this is almost pop and pour. Blue and black fruit on the nose alongside Sweet fig and sandalwood. Nice texture. I’d enjoy these within the next 7 years.
My second time having this, and I feel confident in this rating. Been about a year since I’ve had it and whole time has benefited it, it’s about identical. One word to summarize...plush. Incredibly soft tannins, even at pop and pour. About an hour of bottle decanting benefited, but this is almost pop and pour. Blue and black fruit on the nose alongside Sweet fig and sandalwood. Nice texture. I’d enjoy these within the next 7 years.
Mar 9th, 2018
Quite pungent aromatically with crisp acidity.
Quite pungent aromatically with crisp acidity.
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